bartek_b

ok, so I take off the valve cover to do some head work on the civic, and polish up the valve cover, get the stuff I wanted to do with it, put the valve cover back on and start screwing in the bolts..

I do the bolts from side to side, and I don't screw every bolt in a line, and one of the bolts I tighten up to the way it was before and I hear "snap".

I try to srew in that bolt but it wouldn't go, so I take off the rest of the 4 good bolts and take off the valve cover, to see that the screw's thread peace broke off and is stuck in the hole.

I get the small bit out by making a little slot and I screw it out with a screw driver.

My main problem is where can I buy the Valve Cover bolt??? and if I go purchase it, do I have to purchase the Complete 5, or just that single broken one??

any help would be great...

BTW: I am a dumbass for not using a torque wrench

KOALA YUMMIES

If its the one that sits under the valve cover and holds the nuts that hold the valve cover on you can go buy them individually (dealership). I broke one too before.

bartek_b

Basically this is the bolt that holds down the Valve cover and is screwed into the block...

I hope were talking about the same bolt

SargentNg

yea go to a dealership...its about a few bucks.

poison

the dealership has 'em for like $3 bucks for a set.

VTECorona

I once broke one of the studs that holds on the valve cover and spark plug cover. It was like 4 bucks to replace. You need a deep socket to replace them

qtiger

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Torque spec = 7 lb/ft = finger tight

jweller

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you're lucky, mine snapped off down in the threads.

intekragsr

Haha, im missing 2 of the studs too. When I was changing my headgasket my friend snapped one off and me and friends talked so much **** to him and gave him a hard time.

THEN

I snapped one off

NonovUrbizniz

using a torque wrench to tighten your valve cover would be like using one to put back on your bottle top (soda)...

just tighten them a touch... it's just to keep in the oil and out the weather/water.

and like everyone else said... dealer.

bartek_b

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you're lucky, mine snapped off down in the threads. </TD></TR></TABLE>

how'd you get them out?

VTECorona

The hex nut is under the valve cover, you should still be able to get it out even if it snaps under the cover.