WHAT LOCkTITE on header bolts
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WHAT LOCkTITE on header bolts
Ive heard many people say to apply locktite to header bolts when installing new headers, i purchased the red(perm.) stick type one is this what most people use thankx.
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Anti-sease is the only thing to use.
I'm guessing from reading this that you've never used red loctite before? It takes an act of congress to remove it. Is this somthing you really want stuck in your aluminum heads?
It's a helluva lot easier to retighten some bolts than to pull the heads and re-drill and tap them.
I'm guessing from reading this that you've never used red loctite before? It takes an act of congress to remove it. Is this somthing you really want stuck in your aluminum heads?
It's a helluva lot easier to retighten some bolts than to pull the heads and re-drill and tap them.
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Thanks guys, that was my first thought about being able to get them off after using it but i have a install guide i printed off the net ....bowlingss.com that said to use it and this guy at lowes also suggested the red loctite too, but ill hold that to a grain of salt next to everyone on this site .... thanks again everyone for saving me on this one
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personally id get some stronger ARP bolts loose the cheap card board box header gaskets that come with your headers and get some leak proof cooper/aluminum/ceramic ones and just get yourself some header locks from summit.
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I've never had a problem removing header bolt with red loctite on them they come out easy. I've done it many times each time is just as easy as the last. This in no 10in bolt its just small bolt just use it sparingly, you don't need to cover the entire bolt just put a dab or two on the bolt to keep it from loosening.
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Originally Posted by GMmexican
personally id get some stronger ARP bolts loose the cheap card board box header gaskets that come with your headers and get some leak proof cooper/aluminum/ceramic ones and just get yourself some header locks from summit.
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Originally Posted by GMmexican
i heard alot of storys about them breaking and stripping and exhaust leak issues
If anything strips its going to be the aluminum, and wouldnt matter which damn bolts are doing the stripping!