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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 07:23 PM
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I got the hooker shorties for my 92. I have pried and prodded them into place but the back 2 bolts on the pass side are giving me fits. Ive tried everything, hex bolts allen head bolts, but i still cant get good access to them to be able to torque them. Any suggestions?
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Standby, let me look at mine................Okay, I used a small head torque wrench that had a rachet head and a 3/8s drive allen bit. I tightened the bolts with my 1/4 drive rachet with a smaller length allen bit. I can't remember if I had the starter out to get at the most rear bolt from under the car. BTW, the starter comes out easily. Disregard my PM I sent you.

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They are hooker shorties but I dont knkow what model. The prob is that the bolts sit too close to the headder pipes to get hex heads on. So i got the allen head, now I cant get the darn socket on them, no room in there...
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pic. heres a visual
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Just as a side note, I used to be stationed at Castle AFB and we did many touch and go landings at your NAS. Did your header bolts look like these?
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here they are.

Yeah Im in AIMD out here been here 2yrs+. What kind of birds did you fly?
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