sgarlic said:It goes in the drivers side where the H pipe conects to the manifold. If you don't put it in, you'll have one hell of an exhaust leak.
I am confused now. Why do they need replaced?snkchmr said:If you dont replace the studs on the driver side you will have an exhaust leak. What I have done is remove them & just replace them with a bolt. You maybe able to grind the sholders off the stock one but I would replace them.
snkchmr said:the flange on the will not clear the sholders on the stock studs on the factory manafolds/headers.
I had some pics of what we did I wil try & find them.
Trust me you need to do this it will leak if you dont.
sgarlic said:It goes in the drivers side where the H pipe conects to the manifold. If you don't put it in, you'll have one hell of an exhaust leak.
wanta5.0 said:Are you sure it is the drivers side and not the passenger side?
snkchmr said:the flange on the will not clear the sholders on the stock studs on the factory manafolds/headers.
I had some pics of what we did I wil try & find them.
Trust me you need to do this it will leak if you dont.
What he saidmeade01 said:I replaced the studs on the drivers side with a NAPA part number studs (they don't have a shoulder) and used coper rtv on the passenger side along with the gasket. I cant remember the exact part number, but I don't have any leaks now since I reinstalled the o/r x pipe. I think the part number is something like 660-1819, but don't quote me on this. Soak the studs with some type of nut buster and place 2 nuts on the stud and jam them against each other and back it out by using a wrench on the inside nut. I also used some high temp never seize on the new studs just in case they ever need to be removed.
snkchmr said:If you dont replace the studs on the driver side you will have an exhaust leak. What I have done is remove them & just replace them with a bolt. You maybe able to grind the sholders off the stock one but I would replace them.
sgarlic said:That's incorrect. I didn't replace anything, and it's fine. Replacing studs is completely useless unless you break one removing the old pipe.
And whoever asked whether I was sure that metal piece goes in the drivers side, yes.. I'm sure.