drew102

I was replacing the valve cover gasket and while tightening one of the nuts the bolt twisted off. I was just wondering how i would go about replacing that bolt and prolly all the nuts and washers. If any help could be given to where i could but these items please help.

Spade

you can order them online
http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com
or you can go to a junk yard and tell them you need the vavle cover bolts.

In the future, those bolts do not need to be tightened very tight at all. I believe the torque specs are only around 10 ft-lbs.

Tad

basically the bolt is actually a stud,
take off the valve cover and you should be able to see that you can just unscrew the bolt from the head, and put a new one on.

i think they're like 8bux from the dealer

be careful with these!
recommended torque is only like 7lbs!
they're really easy to snap off.

drew102

Thanks for the help but the honda auto parts site can't find me any bolts. I might just run to the dealer tomorow, but do you think that they will have them on hand

Kamin

yes they break constantly.

just next time tighten it to finger tight, then 1/4 turn past that with a wrench.

ABK

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What motor are you running anyways? Only d15s I believe had studs and nuts on top of them. If you broke that thing on the z6 or some d16 or b series you need a bolt. And you better hope you didn't strip that bolt hole, because you will need to helo-coil it which is a pain in the ***.