installing o/r h-pipe

[stprorolla49]

i was puttin in my o/r h yesterday and i ran into a few problems....first off, we got everthing off fine, but we snapped a stud. my dad wants to get some omre studs, and i went to the ford dealer, and they were clueless on what to give me.......they didnt have any studs for my car, and when we decided to measure the stud, it was 2-1/2" x 11mm....is this a correct measurement???? anyone that can help me on this quick would be a godsend thx

 

[stprorolla49]

anyone here know????? my dad went to ford today and ordered the studs and the nuts.............64 freakin bucks.....any one else have this problem with theirs??????

 

[4Jenna]

Even easier
Use a bolt/nut
I went to Lowes and got some Grade 8 stuff...works great

 

[SexyStang1994]

Even easier
Use a bolt/nut
I went to Lowes and got some Grade 8 stuff...works great

lol me too and I think it only cost 5 bucks and change

 

[stprorolla49]

yea....i tried to tell him the same thing...i was gonna special order some stainless grade 8 bolts from an industrial supply company about 20 min from us, but he said that when we were takin the stock h-pipe out, there wasn't really enough clearence to get a bolt through the hole in the header......also, what size bolts did u guys buy...if i were to buy some bolts, i wanna make sure i get the rite ones.....as of now, i think that they are 2.5 in x 11mm????????

 

[DFG 5OH]

i got some for $7 from an autoparts store, i just took an old stud, and got all newones, we had to cut all the studs off of my car.

 

[mo_dingo]

yea....i tried to tell him the same thing...i was gonna special order some stainless grade 8 bolts from an industrial supply company about 20 min from us, but he said that when we were takin the stock h-pipe out, there wasn't really enough clearence to get a bolt through the hole in the header......also, what size bolts did u guys buy...if i were to buy some bolts, i wanna make sure i get the rite ones.....as of now, i think that they are 2.5 in x 11mm????????

Here is how I figured mine out. The width of the bolts needs to be thinner then the inside of the threads on the studs.

Since the studs screw into the header flange, and sit flush with the top of the header flange, your new bolts need to be long enough to go through the header flange, into the new h-pipe flange, and still have enough threads to put a nut onto it. So length wise, you need the bolt to be about 1/2 inch longer than the ENTIRE length of the stud, including both top & bottom threads, and nut in the middle. So just measure from end to end, know what I mean?

Or, you can get new studs from Merle's. That is where I got mine, and that way you don't have to put a wrench on the top of the header flange to tighten the nut on the bottom. The stud is a 12mm w/ 1.75 pitch threads. I know that because I used thread chasers on all of them to make them easier to install.
Scott

 

[4Jenna]

Just go to Lowes and get any old grade 8 that is roughly the same size..a nut to maych and some washers

 

[SexyStang1994]

Just go to Lowes and get any old grade 8 that is roughly the same size..a nut to maych and some washers

what he said

 

[stprorolla49]

yea...thats wut i ****in said to my dad but he wont listen to me....now hes costin me 32 bucks on studs, and 30 bucks on the ****in nuts!!!!!!!...i kno..its garbage.......thats wut u get for lettin ur dad order the parts.....

 

[CArkid0101]

Cant trust those dads to do nething the cheap nemore,

 

[4Jenna]

Wow mod money to waste..sucks man. This works just as good...well atleast ya know so when you get out on your own.

 

[stprorolla49]

yea eades...no kidding...i was savin up for a tri-ax.....guess i have to wait a while for that one.....

 

[larrendeuce]

I'll bet if you were to order every part on the car from ford it would cost well over $50,000. I went to a hardware store near me to get studs and nuts, they were 1.69 per stud. I could have bought a couple boxes of nuts for what ford wants.

 

[stprorolla49]

exactly..this is why it kills me...cause i know i can get them anywhere else but ford and it will cost me the price of only one of the NUTS from ford!!!!