# What Should I Do about Rusty Bolt **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** sequoia, toyota\ **Created:** [May 26, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-should-i-do-about-rusty-bolt/164847 "2020-05-26T00:23:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 11:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-should-i-do-about-rusty-bolt/164847/21 "2020-06-01T23:56:22Z")
Cut the heads off of the bolts, install new bolts. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 11:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-should-i-do-about-rusty-bolt/164847/22 "2020-06-01T23:56:40Z")
The bar doesn’t affect the seal. Be sure and get the band without a step in the correct size for your exhaust. Like this: > **[Amazon.com: EVIL ENERGY 2.5 Inch 2 1/2 Butt Joint Exhaust Band Clamp Sleeve...](https://www.amazon.com/EVIL-ENERGY-Abrazadera-manguito-inoxidable/dp/B076J5HSNJ/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?dchild=1&keywords=Exhaust%2Bclamp&qid=1591055743&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExTzZXQ04yMkFNNUdOJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMTI4MDk5MUlRWlo0OUZSNTFUVSZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwOTA4Njc2WlkxS0kzRUY0TzZJJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==)** > > Buy EVIL ENERGY 2.5 Inch 2 1/2 Butt Joint Exhaust Band Clamp Sleeve Stainless Steel: Clamps - Amazon.com ✓ FREE DELIVERY possible on eligible purchases ---
**Author:** ![RickyRobert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9dc877/32.png) [@RickyRobert](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RickyRobert)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 11:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-should-i-do-about-rusty-bolt/164847/23 "2020-06-01T23:59:14Z")
Ok got it thanks ---
**Author:** ![shanonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@shanonia](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shanonia)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 12:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-should-i-do-about-rusty-bolt/164847/24 "2020-06-02T00:05:43Z")
> [@Honda-Blackbird](#): > > he’d do it so fast you would wonder why you spend more that one hour on that junction. Indeed. And inexpensively, if you limit your destruction to a small area that can be reattached with a sleeve welded in place. ---
**Author:** ![RickyRobert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9dc877/32.png) [@RickyRobert](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RickyRobert)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-should-i-do-about-rusty-bolt/164847/25 "2020-06-15T13:47:24Z")
Cut off exhaust and put on clamps worked just fine ---
**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/keith/32/5518_2.png) [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-should-i-do-about-rusty-bolt/164847/26 "2020-06-16T02:10:25Z")
It is not a bolt, it is a stud. You pretty much have to cut it flush with a cutoff wheel on an angle grinder and then press it out or drill it out. But if it is not broken, you should not have to remove it just to get the pipe out. ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 5:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-should-i-do-about-rusty-bolt/164847/27 "2020-06-16T05:05:14Z")
> [@keith](#): > > It is not a bolt, it is a stud. With Toyota it is usually nut and bolt, easy to service. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-should-i-do-about-rusty-bolt/164847.md?page=1)