Help me get header bolt off head...stripped bolt?

[5spd GT]

I have the heads and header out of the car...but I can't get the last bolt off to get it off the heads to put on my AFR's...

Any suggestions?

David

 

[88stangmangt]

if it free spins you threaded it if you dont want the heads snap it off.

 

[5spd GT]

What do you mean I threaded it...?...it is in there from the previous owner...I took off the heads and headers together (pretty heavy...lol...in that tight of a space)...if I tried to snap it off...wouldn't that damage the headers?...

Keep the tips coming...

 

[10SecondHatch]

go to sears they have a set of sockets for that.

 

[Daggar]

Good call hatch. With cast iron heads it's easy... heat it till it turns. Aluminum... Grrr... that's a lot tougher if a bolt sticks.

 

[5spd GT]

Can't get a socket on it...one side is practically against the header flange...the socket's side are to big...

Don't have a torch to heat it with...or I would...

Keep the ideas coming...

 

[5 Liter Mustang]

a long ass breaker bar or "cheater" bar

 

[2000xp8]

a torch is only like 10 bucks at home depot.

Try and get some kind of vice grips on it, even if it is perpendicular, then use a pipe wrench or something with leverage to turn it.

Maybe grind a slot in it with a dremel for a big flathead screwdriver, and if the bolt brakes so what, you are putting afrs on anyway.

 

[5spd GT]

Well I already have the heads on and bolted...I found some little files...maybe one of them will work ...and then I can get a flathead in there...

Thanks for the suggestions...keep them coming

 

[Daggar]

Can't get a socket on it...one side is practically against the header flange...the socket's side are to big...:

So the problem is access to the bolt not that it's stuck?

 

[drgn5.0]

try to cut a wrench down enough so it won't hit the tube and you can loosen it.

 

[blackstangt]

1. special wrenches form sears or home depot possibly, made for stripped bolts
2. vice grips
3. file down opposite sides and make them flat, then find a wrench to fit that
4. drill it or snap the bolt head off, it shouldn't hurt the header

 

[87fast]

if your not concerned about the old heads get a big hammer and a cold chisel and knock the head of the bolt off.if someone else is going to use the heads they can get the bolt out at a machine shop if they get them redone