header bolts snapped

[BlackVert]

I was trying to get my headers off, and I could not for the life of me get the nuts connecting the headers to the midpipe off, they were rusted solid.

So I took a propane torch and heated the $hit out of them and took my big a$$ torque wrench to them.

They both snapped off.

Is this normal?

 

[JJ95GTID]

Well I don't know if rust is a big issue for you guys way up north east. For us out west it is not. Mine came off without too much hassle. Gotta love having to get new bolts

 

[final5-0]

It happens some time

Heat makes them brittle

No Biggie

If they give me any trouble at all

I don't hose around with them for one second

I just turn the dial to max on my big air ratchet and snap em

Grady

 

[blksn955.o]

My stock headers one of them broke. I was swapping on some headers anyway so didnt even bother with them. You can remove the broken studs and replace them with bolts.

 

[HISSIN50]

I have a bud in Mi. with 4 stangs and he snaps them often too. It drives him nuts that I (in the desert) have no issues removing mine. I remind him that in Seattle and Alaska, this was not so, and I was in the same boat.

As said, just get new studs or bolts or whatever makes sense.

Good luck.

 

[95GTV8]

Did you spray the bolts with any lube prior to heating them? When i put on my o/r H pipe the bolts were rusty. These were 11 year old rusty bolts. We just sprayed the hell out of them with WD-40 and went to work.

 

[mo_dingo]

My brand new BBK studs broke the first time I tried to take them off, maybe 1 month later!!! I couldn't believe it!

 

[BlackVert]

yep i tried the wd-40 thing first, no dice

i'm selling the headers anyway, i got some jet-hot coated long tubes

 

[8950HO]

Yeah that`s common.
You need something hotter than propane to heat them up like an acetylene torch or maybe propane with the oxygen tank.

Use antiseize on the new studs.

 

[SVTCobra306]

Impact wrench. Only half as likely to break bolts and studs...

 

[ProKiller]

PB Blaster works better than WD. its very common for exhaust bolts to rust.

 

[gcomfx.com]

Mine were/are original and rusty, but they came off with a rachet when my car suddenly became allergic to cats.