Do headers just plain need to be tighted
02-25-2012, 07:34 PM
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Do headers just plain need to be tighted
DO HEADERS NEED TO BE TIGHTENED ONCE IN A WHILE?
ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO I PAID TO HAVE 3 BROKEN MANIFOLD BOLT TAKEN OUT SO HEADERS COULD BE INSTALLED , NOW I HAVE ONE HEADER BOLT BROKEN AND ONE BOLT LOOSE WHICH MEANS IM LEAKING, MY TRUCK IS RUNNING LIKE **** NOW,,,,IM PISSED AS I SAID IN MY OTHER THREAD THE MUFFLER GUY WANT 'AROUND' 300 $ TO EXTRACT THIS BOLT
I FEEL LIKE I BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE . . .
ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO I PAID TO HAVE 3 BROKEN MANIFOLD BOLT TAKEN OUT SO HEADERS COULD BE INSTALLED , NOW I HAVE ONE HEADER BOLT BROKEN AND ONE BOLT LOOSE WHICH MEANS IM LEAKING, MY TRUCK IS RUNNING LIKE **** NOW,,,,IM PISSED AS I SAID IN MY OTHER THREAD THE MUFFLER GUY WANT 'AROUND' 300 $ TO EXTRACT THIS BOLT
I FEEL LIKE I BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE . . .
02-25-2012, 08:50 PM
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02-25-2012, 09:47 PM
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Gaskets have a small roll in this type of thing... I run paper Mr-gaskets on my race car bc there on and off so much and cheap, usually after a few heat cycles I have to tighten them again. But with metal gaskets usually its a torque and forget them... Did you use any loctite?
02-25-2012, 10:29 PM
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I dont know what kind of gaskets went on
I DONT KNOW WHAT KIND OF GASKETS WENT ON OR IF HE PUT LOC TIGHT ON THE HEADERS IM GETTING TIRED OF PAYING GUYS TO GET BOLTS OUT THOUGH I KNOW THAT MUCH M Y TRUCK IS RUNNING LIKE CRAP
TODAY I TRIED TO TIGHTENED ONE OF THE BOLTS AND DISCOVERED YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE SPARK PLUGS OUT TO GET TO THE HEADER BOLTS I THINK THEY ARE 9MM
TODAY I TRIED TO TIGHTENED ONE OF THE BOLTS AND DISCOVERED YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE SPARK PLUGS OUT TO GET TO THE HEADER BOLTS I THINK THEY ARE 9MM
Gaskets have a small roll in this type of thing... I run paper Mr-gaskets on my race car bc there on and off so much and cheap, usually after a few heat cycles I have to tighten them again. But with metal gaskets usually its a torque and forget them... Did you use any loctite?
