Header Bolt

Jeff7477 · 07-14-2001, 08:34 AM

Im installing a new h-pipe and headers, and am trying to get the old crap off. I got the passenger side header off, and one bolt of the drivers side. The other bolt won't bude. it seems a little stripped, so its hard to get a good socket grip on it. What should I do to get it off? I don't if it snaps, i just want it off.

------------------
Black '90 GT. Flowmaster American Thunder Cat-back.

LX5liter · 07-14-2001, 09:28 AM

Jeff, try prying out on the header flange with a screwdriver or pry bar while you are turning the bolt, this should get the bolt coming out. It is probably ( hopefully? )just the threads on the bolt have been pulled, if not you should really heli-coil the hole if it's damaged.

------------------
B.R.
L.X. 5.0 coupe
Cruise control,power mirrors,...and Thats it!

LX5liter · 07-14-2001, 09:33 AM

Sorry I thought you were talking about the flange bolts on the head, I gotta start reading more carefully. Those h-pipe bolts are a pain to get at, if your junking the old h-pipe any way, just cut the pipe as close as you can to the flange.

------------------
B.R.
L.X. 5.0 coupe
Cruise control,power mirrors,...and Thats it!

dinomite · 07-14-2001, 04:03 PM

ya, if your putting on new h-pipe and headers, just cut taht mutha. if you don't want to do that, hit it with a massive amount of wd-40 or equivelent, and leave it overnight, then hit it again before you start working. before i ever do work on anything, i hit all the blots i can get to with the stuff the day or so before

07-14-2001, 08:34 AM	#1
Jeff7477 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Lincoln, Nebraska USA Posts: 67	Header Bolt Im installing a new h-pipe and headers, and am trying to get the old crap off. I got the passenger side header off, and one bolt of the drivers side. The other bolt won't bude. it seems a little stripped, so its hard to get a good socket grip on it. What should I do to get it off? I don't if it snaps, i just want it off. ------------------ Black '90 GT. Flowmaster American Thunder Cat-back.

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Problem, Bolt Removal	KrivoK	Classic Mustangs	2	12-19-2003 07:26 AM
Header to h-pipe bolt size?	squid	Windsor Power	4	02-24-2003 07:08 PM
Header and Exhaust Installation	1991GT	Windsor Power	4	12-03-2002 11:17 PM
Leaky Header	Scrapla	Windsor Power	4	08-19-2002 02:06 PM
Header bolt size	swtstang	Windsor Power	1	05-22-2001 07:03 PM

07-14-2001, 09:28 AM	#2
LX5liter dude5l Join Date: May 2001 Location: Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada Posts: 603	Jeff, try prying out on the header flange with a screwdriver or pry bar while you are turning the bolt, this should get the bolt coming out. It is probably ( hopefully? )just the threads on the bolt have been pulled, if not you should really heli-coil the hole if it's damaged. ------------------ B.R. L.X. 5.0 coupe Cruise control,power mirrors,...and Thats it!

07-14-2001, 09:33 AM	#3
LX5liter dude5l Join Date: May 2001 Location: Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada Posts: 603	Sorry I thought you were talking about the flange bolts on the head, I gotta start reading more carefully. Those h-pipe bolts are a pain to get at, if your junking the old h-pipe any way, just cut the pipe as close as you can to the flange. ------------------ B.R. L.X. 5.0 coupe Cruise control,power mirrors,...and Thats it!

07-14-2001, 04:03 PM	#4
dinomite The Dude Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 1,262	ya, if your putting on new h-pipe and headers, just cut taht mutha. if you don't want to do that, hit it with a massive amount of wd-40 or equivelent, and leave it overnight, then hit it again before you start working. before i ever do work on anything, i hit all the blots i can get to with the stuff the day or so before