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Old Oct 17, 2006 | 04:48 PM
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Is there any special trick to removing the bolts from the stock header where the 4 header pipes go to 2? Ive tried turning pretty hard to the point Im afraid of breaking something and they wont budge. I have pictures but I cant upload them because it says files too large.
 
Old Oct 17, 2006 | 05:39 PM
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try to heat the bolts up if you can get to them. did you try an impact wrench as well?
 
Old Oct 17, 2006 | 06:29 PM
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Download IrfanView off Download.com and use it to shrink your pix... did you use alot of WD40 ?
 
Old Oct 17, 2006 | 08:14 PM
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yeah Ive drenched those suckers a couple of times and they still wont budge. What's in impact wrench? I'll try downloading that thing and see if it works.
 
Old Oct 17, 2006 | 10:10 PM
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Air gun.

Although honestly you're probably just going to have to break them. You're not gonna use it anyway are you?
 
Old Oct 17, 2006 | 10:37 PM
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if your replacing it with an aftermarket header just take the whole thing off thats what i did i didnt even unbolt that flange it just takes a little manuvering to get the whole long thing out of the engine bay but it will come
 
Old Oct 18, 2006 | 01:21 AM
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you need a penetrating lubricant called pb blaster. it works better for freeing tight bolts than WD

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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 07:16 AM
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ORIGINAL: sacicons

you need a penetrating lubricant called pb blaster. it works better for freeing tight bolts than WD

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+1, that **** is a lifesaver! Soak the bolts with that and let them sit for a while, give 'em another shot of blaster then give 'em hell with a wrench and breaker bar if you have one. If that doesn't work, more PB Blaster and heat!
 
Old Oct 18, 2006 | 08:22 AM
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Soak the bolts with that and let them sit for a while,
amd by "a while" start with 20 min, then if thats not enough, give it another couple of shots over an hour, and ill pretty much guarantee theyll come loose.
 
Old Oct 18, 2006 | 08:36 AM
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Ill vouch for sacs and forty. I haven't had a time where pb blaster didn't work.
 



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