Exhaust

[shnazzle]

Have received Cobra exhaust, removed old exhaust BUT how do i remove the old cat to exhaust gasket its gone shiny and looks like its welded its self on ?

I believe the correct answer is... By any means possible.
I've used hammers, big screwdrivers, chisels,

[roguk]

Thanks shnazzle for reply  (I believe the correct answer is... By any means possible.
I've used hammers, big screwdrivers, chisels) thought that but worried about damage to cat pipe.

[shnazzle]

You're absolutely right to question the brutality of the approach.
You have to have careful to not dent the lip, of the pipe, which isn't as solid as you'd hope.

Comes down to placement of said screwdriver/chisel to them hammer.

The more refined approach I took once is to continuously hammer a small screwdriver in between the gasket and the pipe the full 360deg. Which then allowed me to wiggle it off using pliers.

Maybe a good soak of PlusGas releases it as well

[roguk]

Will give it ago tomorrow.

[Essex2Visuvesi]

It comes off easier with plenty of heat

[roguk]

Thanks for the tip.

[roguk]

Thanks for tips guys old gasket removed and new one on, in between the rain showers fitted Cobra exhaust, so light compared with stock exhaust, did short test run and all seems okay, sounds nice not overly loud and deeper tone.