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SoFloZ · 12-08-2012, 04:52 AM

So I was installing my Cnt TP and everything was going smoothly till I got to the cats. I got the lower bolts off. But the hard part just started. I started on the passenger cat. As I try to break the bolt I stripped the head of the bold. So now I have to tap the bolt out and might as well pay to install... What a day

SoCalBoy · 12-08-2012, 05:13 AM

ouch!!

SPOHN · 12-08-2012, 09:47 AM

They do make sockets for stripped bolts. Maybe try that first.

anthonyy · 12-08-2012, 01:42 PM

That's the demon bolt. You need to use an impact wrench socket.

Nut_N_Much · 12-08-2012, 01:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SPOHN

They do make sockets for stripped bolts. Maybe try that first.

Like SPONE Said

AutoZone has them, heat the bolt up if you have a propane torch. It helps to get them broken loose.

Irwin/5 pcs. 3/8 in. drive Bolt-Grip base extractor set for 3/8, 7/16, 1/2, 9/16 and 5/8 in. or 11, 14 and 16 mm. bolts (394001) | Bolt Extractor | AutoZone.com

Rusty · 12-08-2012, 02:06 PM

If you use an impact gun on the bolts. MAKE sure you remove the O2 sensors before using the rattle gun. If you don't. There is a good chance that one of the sensors will go bad from the vibrations.

Huck · 12-08-2012, 03:18 PM

Also use some of seafoam's version of wd40, let it soak for an hour or two, then heat it and go at it with the tap/die kit and a breaker bar.

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SoFloZ · 12-09-2012, 01:53 AM

And its the bolt that we have to use multiple extension to get to... so I dont know what to do.

Mitco39 · 12-09-2012, 10:39 AM

When we were installing my Turbo kit Sasha (BP Performance, look it up haha) broke clean off one of those bolts. A few heat cycles and they seize pretty good.

heheilovepie · 12-09-2012, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SoFloZ

And its the bolt that we have to use multiple extension to get to... so I dont know what to do.

Did you even read the responses?

fuct · 12-10-2012, 03:26 PM

i had to drill out two bolts on the headers...... :\

Red_Z · 12-11-2012, 02:51 PM

fixed yet? I just installed mine. Luck enough, I snapped the heads of the bolts and only need to drill it out from the cats

snowsurfdirtx · 12-14-2012, 08:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anthonyy

That's the demon bolt. You need to use an impact wrench socket.

this^ and 3/4 inch all around. i drove the car till it was hot, hit the demon bolt on both sides with a breaker bar and about 24 inches of extension, snapped both off within 5 minutes each. F the demon bolt. my art pipes came with new hardware, so i didnt care

12-08-2012, 04:52 AM	#1 (permalink)
SoFloZ Base Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Pembroke Pines Posts: 116 Drives: 12 Gun-Grey Manual Rep Power: 13	excited to worse So I was installing my Cnt TP and everything was going smoothly till I got to the cats. I got the lower bolts off. But the hard part just started. I started on the passenger cat. As I try to break the bolt I stripped the head of the bold. So now I have to tap the bolt out and might as well pay to install... What a day

12-08-2012, 05:13 AM	#2 (permalink)
SoCalBoy Enthusiast Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Mesa, AZ Age: 41 Posts: 324 Drives: RipTide Rep Power: 13	ouch!! __________________

12-08-2012, 09:47 AM	#3 (permalink)
SPOHN A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Covington, GA Age: 46 Posts: 14,844 Drives: Waiting on next Z Rep Power: 221	They do make sockets for stripped bolts. Maybe try that first. __________________

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Rusty Ronin Samurai - Assassin Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Fayettenam,Pennsyltucky Age: 68 Posts: 35,217 Drives: 2011 Nismo GM 6M Rep Power: 2684438	If you use an impact gun on the bolts. MAKE sure you remove the O2 sensors before using the rattle gun. If you don't. There is a good chance that one of the sensors will go bad from the vibrations. __________________ 浪人 - 殺し屋 "The Difficult Anytime, The Impossible By Appointment Only" http://www.the370z.com/members-370z-...o-journal.html

12-08-2012, 03:18 PM	#7 (permalink)
Huck A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Cocoa, Florida Age: 42 Posts: 5,075 Drives: Pantydropper machine Rep Power: 33	Also use some of seafoam's version of wd40, let it soak for an hour or two, then heat it and go at it with the tap/die kit and a breaker bar. Sent from my iPizzle using magic and new-fangled science stuff __________________ VLEDS \| Evo-R \| Moddiction \| CF Hood Struts \| F.I. CF CBE & LTH \| Stillen CAI \| NST Pulleys \| UpRev \| Z1 \| M7 \| Status \| Forgestar \| PSS \| Whiteline \| SPL \| SPC \| Kenwood \| Zenclosure \| Kicker \| Alpine Type R

12-08-2012, 01:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
anthonyy A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Los Gatos, CA Posts: 1,027 Drives: Lexus CT Rep Power: 16	That's the demon bolt. You need to use an impact wrench socket.

12-09-2012, 01:53 AM	#8 (permalink)
SoFloZ Base Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Pembroke Pines Posts: 116 Drives: 12 Gun-Grey Manual Rep Power: 13	And its the bolt that we have to use multiple extension to get to... so I dont know what to do.

12-09-2012, 10:39 AM	#9 (permalink)
Mitco39 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Edmonton Alberta Canada Posts: 2,089 Drives: 40th 370z Rep Power: 132	When we were installing my Turbo kit Sasha (BP Performance, look it up haha) broke clean off one of those bolts. A few heat cycles and they seize pretty good. __________________ 2007 Chevy Duramax - EFILive Tuned By Me 2010 40th W/ Nav - Boosted Performance - UpRev Tuned By Me The Mrs. Ride -2012 335XI N55 BMW - Cobb Tuned By Me, Built by her My Build --> http://www.the370z.com/members-370z-...39s-build.html

12-10-2012, 03:26 PM	#11 (permalink)
fuct A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2009 Location: Sugar Land Posts: 3,692 Drives: 97' Ranger :) Rep Power: 24	i had to drill out two bolts on the headers...... :\

12-11-2012, 02:51 PM	#12 (permalink)
Red_Z Enthusiast Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: California Posts: 332 Drives: A red Z Rep Power: 15	fixed yet? I just installed mine. Luck enough, I snapped the heads of the bolts and only need to drill it out from the cats

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