onehundred

I took off my mid pipe yesterday to put a retaining clip on my shifter cable. On the front collector stock exhaust manifold all of my studs were bent and one broke while I loosened the nut. I was puzzled on how they got bent. I was able to replace each stud with new ones I found at Orieley's. As I was reinstalling the mid pipe I started to let it hang on the studs while made my way to support the rest of the exhaust. I looked at the studs and noticed they were under stress so I started the bolt in the first crossmember support. This removed any stress from the studs and luckily I did not bend the new studs. Evidently the last time I took the mid pipe off I bent the factory studs by letting the pipe hang from them. Hope this helps anyone else who do not wish to experience bending their studs.

73Corvette

Good info... thank you for sharing