Lt1 banjo bolt help
Lt1 banjo bolt help Engine is in the car. Removing the steam pipe to clean it. Passanger side bolt came off fine. Very clogged. Went to get the driver side off and have 0 room for a ratchet to fit so had to chance it with a box wrench. Of course it now started to round. I can fit a socket over the bolt but can't get a ratchet on the back side. Any suggestions on tools to grip this sucker and get it off to replace it. I tryed looking for a wrench that grips rounded bolt heads but can't seem to find such tool. Maybe a socket a wrench can grab too but I also can't find one of that size. Any ideas would be big help. (I'm also aware the last ditch option is dropping the motor / K member enough to get a ratchet to fit. Will do that if all else fails.)
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They make what looks like a socket but is used to remove rounded bolts. It has reverse flutes that grab bolt heads. On the backside of this it looks like a bolt head that you can get a closed end wrench on.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Hanson-39...Piece/16494336
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Hanson-39...Piece/16494336
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if you can get a socket on it, use a pair of channel locks on the socket
IDK if something like penetrating oil will help
You need to replace the washer gaskets on re-install if the old ones are toast when you do get the bolt out. Two per side sandwiching the steam pipe
IDK if something like penetrating oil will help
You need to replace the washer gaskets on re-install if the old ones are toast when you do get the bolt out. Two per side sandwiching the steam pipe
They make what looks like a socket but is used to remove rounded bolts. It has reverse flutes that grab bolt heads. On the backside of this it looks like a bolt head that you can get a closed end wrench on.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Hanson-39...Piece/16494336
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Hanson-39...Piece/16494336
@96lt1m6 I would love to but dosnt looks like they make kits for LT1 (that i was able to find) and all suggestions for do it yourself is to tap the hole. Dont want to mess with tapping it unless the engines out the car.
@****** Will do sir. Ty
I came across this a week ago. Ima try a junk yard this weekend but this will be my fall back plan.
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if you do get a junk yard bolt, these are the washers you need. Some have found a size that fits by using oil drain plug washers with the rubber at auto part stores. IIRC these were only a few $ when I got them at dealer parts counter
[QUOTE=Blind898;19648017]I was looking at those but wasn't able to find one the size needed for the bolt its self.
@96lt1m6 I would love to but dosnt looks like they make kits for LT1 (that i was able to find) and all suggestions for do it yourself is to tap the hole. Dont want to mess with tapping it unless the engines out
Sorry bud, watch this video
@96lt1m6 I would love to but dosnt looks like they make kits for LT1 (that i was able to find) and all suggestions for do it yourself is to tap the hole. Dont want to mess with tapping it unless the engines out
Sorry bud, watch this video
Just FYI the crossover tube is still available with bolts that are much better than stock. A bit pricey:
http://www.zip-corvette.com/95-96-lt...GWcBoCDMDw_wcB
I bought one after testing the tensile strength of my last one when taking the engine out the bottom a few years ago. Did not like the seals that came with it so got different ones.
http://www.zip-corvette.com/95-96-lt...GWcBoCDMDw_wcB
I bought one after testing the tensile strength of my last one when taking the engine out the bottom a few years ago. Did not like the seals that came with it so got different ones.
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Anyone know the thread of the holes? Should be easy peasy to add some AN fittings like the video.
BUT you will be paying like $10-20 per fitting I would guess. I used AN swivel fittings when adding a PS cooler to the front of my car. Dem little buggers add up
BUT you will be paying like $10-20 per fitting I would guess. I used AN swivel fittings when adding a PS cooler to the front of my car. Dem little buggers add up
[QUOTE=96lt1m6;19648402] Iv found plenty of videos of fitting people made themselves. And some that said they bolted right now and never had an issue. But there also is a slight thread difference between the heads and the fitting that could justify tapping it. I'll have to look it up later to explain. Between making your own or getting a replacment stock pipe it's still between 80 to 100 for the right stuff.
I couldnt get the drive side bolt off at all. Even with a bolt extractor socket and a pipe wrench on it it's just a no go with it in the car. I could just pull the head but I'm thinking I'm goin to leave it. Only the passager side was clogged and that's been cleaned. When I back feed water into the pipe I can see water come out the driver side block and none from the passager so that's what got me to mess with the bolts in the first place.
I was looking at those but wasn't able to find one the size needed for the bolt its self.
@96lt1m6 I would love to but dosnt looks like they make kits for LT1 (that i was able to find) and all suggestions for do it yourself is to tap the hole. Dont want to mess with tapping it unless the engines out
Sorry bud, watch this video
https://youtu.be/MI4lFPyuiBs
@96lt1m6 I would love to but dosnt looks like they make kits for LT1 (that i was able to find) and all suggestions for do it yourself is to tap the hole. Dont want to mess with tapping it unless the engines out
Sorry bud, watch this video
https://youtu.be/MI4lFPyuiBs
I couldnt get the drive side bolt off at all. Even with a bolt extractor socket and a pipe wrench on it it's just a no go with it in the car. I could just pull the head but I'm thinking I'm goin to leave it. Only the passager side was clogged and that's been cleaned. When I back feed water into the pipe I can see water come out the driver side block and none from the passager so that's what got me to mess with the bolts in the first place.
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http://www.ls1lt1.com/forum/showthread.php?t=92914
This is one of a few I found with alot of good info.
And here's one more with parts list on converting it.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/lt1-lt4-modifications/1312286-coolant-crossover-conversion-part-list-pictures.html
Last edited by Blind898; Jun 15, 2017 at 09:55 PM.
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i thought there was a big debate on here about it but i cant seem to find it....wanna say it was when 96capricemgr was posting all the time...whatever happened to dwayne?