99_turboteg

i have no idea why but for some reason the top right corner bolt wouldn't come off by itself... it seems to be pulling a stud out aswell, why would this be? and how do i fix it?



thanks

Cheeze

You could have bad threading on the top nut when it was installed..so when you start to retract, instead of turning the way its suppose to, it turns the whole stud. Kinda like cross-threading.

99_turboteg

hmmm... so do you think if i grabbed ahold of the stud somehow and then tried to break apart the two that would work? maybe its just on there too tight

shake_em

take it all the way out, get the nut off lol then put it back in you should be good

Cheeze

take the whole stud off...get the nut off..rethread or get a new stud and put back.

99_turboteg

hmmm i didnt even think of that...

if it is coming out as one piece why cant i just take it out and put it back in as one piece good thinking!!! definetly will do this in the morning i'll let you know if it works!

bboy953

LoL ... so did you do it ?

99_turboteg

i already took a shower dont feel like getting dirty and taking another lol i will do it tomorrow morning.. hopefully it will work dont see why it wont?

yc_dc4mar

how dirty could you really get doing that???

99_turboteg

really im just making excuses in reality its just cold as ice outside and i really dont wanna hit up the garage... but i'm gonna go have a cigarette you gave me motivation to pull it off cuz you called me out!!! lol

gsrious

thumbs up for a die hard car guy.

for me, if its cold outseide(like too cold)... i'd wait until tomorrow. haha.

Cheeze

Wouldn;t have that problem is you lived in Florida

99_turboteg

lol but really still no luck with it i feel dumb cuz i mean its a valve cover nut i cant get off haha but it looks like there is another bolt under the VC nut that is free spinng but i cant get to it because the nut is ontop! it's like the nut is seized on to the stud or something... this is stupid

Cheeze

get some type of vise grip to hold the shaft and the break off the nut if you have to and replace wit a new one..very very cheap for em.

99_turboteg

i kinda tried but its the shaft still spins tomorrow i think im going to explicetive it up with a saw and buy a new stud

jdmjunkie8

You could just cut it and replace the stud, its not hard or expensive.

99_turboteg

pretty simple actually seems like no one knew this little bit of knowledge haha if you loosen that stud enough it becomes unseated where it connects to the head for the valve cover to tighten down on.
once its unseated it will NOT come through the hole in the valve cover but if you take all the other ones off take the valve cover off the whole stud is still on there but off the head sooo with the valve cover being off you can simply grab it from the underside and the top and loosen it with a firm grip.

i got it all off and my valve cover is painted properly now!

thanks for all the help!