MoreCowbell

So I am trying to remove the intake manifold and I have the top middle bolt keeps turning when trying to remove. All the other ones are out. This one is in a position thats a pain in the butt to turn with its tight spot..

Help please thanks!

DirtyDA9

Tighten it back down, hold the threaded part with vice clamps and unscrew the nut till it hits the vice, then put the vice behind the nut and finish taking the nut off. After you have the intake manifold off you can work on getting the stud out and tapping the thread for a new stud, with a new nut.

MoreCowbell

Thanks for the info.. Its not that far out though. Basically the nut wants to keep turning endlessly on the end of it. I have no room to grab the thread as its still there.

JB Weld it and try to take it out this way when it hardens? Or wd40 it and try again to remove the nut?

Any suggestions are welcome thanks!

DirtyDA9

Oh I thought you meant the stud spun in the head. JB weld or thread locker, and remove the whole stud like you mentioned.

MoreCowbell

Here is a video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUpH3roPNDU

Dioxine

Your gonna need to find away to apply force against the nut to pull it away from the manifold as you turn it. If its the last one left try pulling on the intake manifold slightly as you turn it. This will pull the nut into the threads that arent stripped and it should catch and come off. If that doesnt work your only other option is really to find a way to pull the whole stud out or cut the nut off.

EH6TunerDaniel

Cut it.

DirtyDA9

Well since you don't have room to cut it, you could try to fit a drill in there and use a bit that is the size of the stud and drill that btich.

mark@silbernage

You might be able to place a flat-bladed screwdriver behind the nut and turn it to place pressure on the nut from behind - to walk it off the stripped threads on the stud. If you don't have that much slack, try something thinner like a steak knife blade or putty knife?

sebTeggy

agreed! This is what I did when my header bolt was screwed. Stick a knife or a flathead in there and apply pressure.

Justin_H

Put a couple nuts back on the studs. Tighten them back down to move the intake manifold away from the middle nut as much as possible. Then put a flat head behind the nut and apply pressure while removing like previously stated.

jones1164

or drill it out and just retap the hole before putting a new bolt in

lowls95

I have a 95 ls I'm wnt 2 no can I put a GSR intakemaifold on it...

sebTeggy

Nope, there are 3 different head patterns in terms of bolting.


Gsr head (94-01)
b16/itr head and gsr (92-93)
ls head/b20 head

those are the 3 different categories. Make a thread next time!