Header install..HELP

86pony · 08-27-2006, 11:00 AM

Am just in the process of installing long tubes on my 2000GT..
Not having much fun doing it, but hope it will be worth it in the end.
I have unbolted the steering shaft as per instruction, but find that when i go to pull it off, it is stuck at the bottom...Am i missing something here? It seems as if it should just slide right off....do i need to give it a good beating with a hammer, or can i get the headers on, and the steering shaft back through the headers without removing it completely....
I am installing MAC headers which do not share a common bolting flange,but have individual tubes, and discoverd that one of the tubes was a good 1/2" out of alignment....I would recommend to anyone else who is installing headers of this type to check the alighnment using the gasgets before installing......would have been a real pain in the butt to get them in, only to discover the problem...

explicitone · 09-17-2006, 08:43 PM

when I did my longtubes we pulled the front k member and did not have any problems with the steering shaft just make sure you unbolted the little bolt where the shaft meets the rack

blue00gt · 09-18-2006, 03:05 PM

Make sure you back the pinch bolt out all the way so it's not interfering, otherwise you can't slide the shaft off (even if the bolt is loosened).

08-27-2006, 11:00 AM	#1
86pony Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Sidney, BC, Canada Posts: 16	Header install..HELP Am just in the process of installing long tubes on my 2000GT.. Not having much fun doing it, but hope it will be worth it in the end. I have unbolted the steering shaft as per instruction, but find that when i go to pull it off, it is stuck at the bottom...Am i missing something here? It seems as if it should just slide right off....do i need to give it a good beating with a hammer, or can i get the headers on, and the steering shaft back through the headers without removing it completely.... I am installing MAC headers which do not share a common bolting flange,but have individual tubes, and discoverd that one of the tubes was a good 1/2" out of alignment....I would recommend to anyone else who is installing headers of this type to check the alighnment using the gasgets before installing......would have been a real pain in the butt to get them in, only to discover the problem...

09-17-2006, 08:43 PM	#2
explicitone Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: racine ,wi Posts: 691	Re: Header install..HELP when I did my longtubes we pulled the front k member and did not have any problems with the steering shaft just make sure you unbolted the little bolt where the shaft meets the rack __________________ RUN IT STAIGHT AND RUN IT HARD ________ Novi 2000 60' 1.46 1/4 10.67 mph 126.5 _________

09-18-2006, 03:05 PM	#3
blue00gt Mustang Addict Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: McKinney, TX Posts: 1,294	Re: Header install..HELP Make sure you back the pinch bolt out all the way so it's not interfering, otherwise you can't slide the shaft off (even if the bolt is loosened). __________________ Strike down the unroadworthy! 2000 GT Atl. Blue: '03 Cobra motor - 465rwhp/473rwtq, T-56 6-speed, full MM TA/PH & tubular K-member suspension, Saleen body, 17" Torq-Thrust II's, M/T ET Street radials, and lots more '94 Rio Red Cobra: All the bolt-ons, 3.73s

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