Well, I just finished my valve adjustment which took like 5 1/2 hours. had to do it twice and also go out and buy some new gaskets. well i finished everything and put the valve cover back on. i was torquing all the nuts down to spec, but then the nut kept spinning. so i said forget it, i'll go back to it after i finish the other nuts. well the same thing happened to another nut. i've tried unscrewing it, but it doesn't seem to unscrew. what do you think i should do?? should i try and cut it off or something and buy new nuts and bolts??

 

Sounds like you either cross threaded it or stripped it. I think the studs for those valve cover nuts mount inside the head, so you may have to recut the threads with a die if you stripped it or cross threaded it. Look carefully atthe treads. There is also a possibility thge stud post came looose. Look carefully and you should be able to see which it is.

 

i would try to dremel the nut of and see if the stud is salvagable

 

same thing happened to me while putting my valve cover on. It just kept spinning i might take a dremel to it and pop out the valve cover and change the stud

 

yeah i was thinking about just cutting off the nut and replace the stud and nut

 

just replace the nuts and studs, theyre pretty cheap from honda.......i always keep about 4 or 5 spares as i'm always either shearing the nut off or doing the same as you and causing the nut to spin on the stud. I end up just cutting the nut off, removing the valve cover, screwing out the stud and replacing nut/stud with new ones.