What special tool for Header bolts.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Lufkin Texas
What special tool for Header bolts.
I installed the hooker headers and sidepipes today. Do you guys have any special tools to tighten the header bolts at the heads? Do you have a suggestion of a better bolt than what Im using? I am using a standard header bolt and thinking that there must be a better way to tighten these suckers. Any help?
Le Mans Master
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I use a Snap-on long handle 12 point wrench. and I just tighten the p-waddin out of them. They're gonna' come loose anyway. I tighten them daily when I'm driving the thing. AFTER it's cooled off. And (old habits die hard) anytime the hood's open I check again, both the intake and the headers.
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From: liberty mo
i use the same thing, makes a hard job easier, if you can invest in many diffrent sizes as the do come in handy.
Race Director
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From: Arlington Va Current ride 04 vert, previous vettes: 69 vert, 77 resto mod
use a combination wrench and use the open end to seat the bolts and grind down the outside of the box end so its thinner around the circumference and it will slip over the bolts to tighten them
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Burning Brakes
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Burning Brakes
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From: Rotonda FL
Stage 8 bolts (Summit & Jeg's) have a very small hex head with an allen head feature in the center. Between the two you can always get something in there to tighten them. They also come with a half-moon washer and e-clip which you install after they've been tightened and prevents them from backing out. You don't have to keep retightening them which is a pita.
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From: Abilene Tx
Stage 8 bolts (Summit & Jeg's) have a very small hex head with an allen head feature in the center. Between the two you can always get something in there to tighten them. They also come with a half-moon washer and e-clip which you install after they've been tightened and prevents them from backing out. You don't have to keep retightening them which is a pita.
STAGE 8....the way to go !!!!
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Burning Brakes
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Thanks for the info.
Stage 8 bolts (Summit & Jeg's) have a very small hex head with an allen head feature in the center. Between the two you can always get something in there to tighten them. They also come with a half-moon washer and e-clip which you install after they've been tightened and prevents them from backing out. You don't have to keep retightening them which is a pita.
