Yeah so im having a bad day and to top it off. Im trying to take the heat shield off of my stock exhaust manifold off and remove the one on the back of the manifold and two fo te head studd break off on the left side. The left left one and the top left one. Is it going to start leaking now since they broke off? What do i do now?

 

If you are talking about the bolts that hold the header on, i am missing 2 on the passenger side and im not having any leaks.

 

i have heard to fix issues of broken studs you have to get a tool to drill it out from at napa
or take it to the dealer and pay out the wa-zoo

 

well isn't that craptastic. I guess if its not leakin im not messing with it anymore...thanks all.

 

yeah i broke one when i was taking off my heat shield. I drilled a small hole in it and pounded in an screw extractor or whatever it's called and turn it out. Since there is no space to get my drill in there i had to remove the bumper radiator and ac if you have it. otherwise if you have like a 90 degree drill that would be really helpful right now.
I replaced all the studs and castle bolts, $70 in hardware from the dealership. If you you think your good at car stuff this is no biggie but if your having second thoughts just take it somewhere or plan b don't fix it.
It's all up to up.

 

yeah i think imma leave it be right now. I don't have what it takes to start messing with that. The patients isn't there at all. So forget it...lol

 

just take some crystal meth, and use a dremil, and prepare for alot of time to pass

 

haha yeah right...smoke weed everday.

 

go get a e-z out(screw extractor)

 

i think imma take to my friends friends shop....he did my suspension and knows a great deal of ****. I called him and he is like yah...i can do that...its gonna take some time. Im thinking...hmm might as well get some other stuff done. Why not save up for a header. Anyone know if the cheap ones are better than the stock one?

 

getting bolts out is easy. get a reversible drill and an e-z out .. just get a small normal drill bit and drill/tap the center of the broken stud .. just enough so that the e-z out can get a grip .. then use the e-z out to extract the stud. it'll be out in like .. 2 minutes.