help!!!!having trouble w/header install....
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From: Jupiter/Gainesville, Fl. The other "U"
help!!!!having trouble w/header install.... ok, im gettin really frustrated. !st, i cant loosen one of the bolts on the y-pipe. i sprayed tons of wd-40 and pounded it with a hammer and it still wont come loose. 2nd,the fuckn header bolts are tight as ****...i was only able to loosen 3...i sprayed wd-40 on them as well. nothing. can some1 please give me some tips to point me in the right direction!!???TIA
PS- i will be putting on a tsp y-pipe so i have no need for the 1 on the car now...any thoughts as to what i should do to remove the 1 on the car now?
PS- i will be putting on a tsp y-pipe so i have no need for the 1 on the car now...any thoughts as to what i should do to remove the 1 on the car now?
My manifold bolts came off pretty easy. Thee y pipe bolts took some *** to get off. Use a pull bar or put the box end of a large wrench around the shaft of a ratchet to get some more mojo on it.
The answer to your question is BREAKER BAR..I use a 24 inch one it kicks boootaaay...if you do not have one that long put a pipe over the one you have and put some whupass on it...that is southernese for mo muscle ..header bolts should not be all that hard to get off..use the same principal on those..mo muscle....anitseize is good for header bolts if you plan on ever taking them off...just like on the plugs when you install them.. 
a flex head ratchet is really great to use for header bolts..put a pipe over one of those if ya need more leverage..
a flex head ratchet is really great to use for header bolts..put a pipe over one of those if ya need more leverage.. 
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From: Ft. Irwin, California (But Virginia is home)
Originally Posted by slt200mph
The answer to your question is BREAKER BAR..I use a 24 inch one it kicks boootaaay...if you do not have one that long put a pipe over the one you have and put some whupass on it...that is southernese for mo muscle ..header bolts should not be all that hard to get off..use the same principal on those..mo muscle....anitseize is good for header bolts if you plan on ever taking them off...just like on the plugs when you install them.. a flex head ratchet is really great to use for header bolts..put a pipe over one of those if ya need more leverage..
a flex head ratchet is really great to use for header bolts..put a pipe over one of those if ya need more leverage..
Get some PB-Buster. 10x better than WD-40. Spray the crap out of the bolts (even better if the engine is warm (not hot).....let sit for a while, spray again, then try loosening them. You might well have to crank on the Y-pipe bolts to get them out. That's normal.I REALLY, REALLY don't suggest going to town on the header bolts. This will F up your heads. It sounds like the person wh installed the SLP headers didnt use nti-seize, a torque wrench....or worse, used Lock-tite. Be careful when removing them. Can't say that enough.
Good luck.
