im taking my headers off of the passanges side and at where the headers connect to the h-pipe one of the nuts are stripped what should i do iv been working at it for 5 hours

 

Heat it with a portable torch and use vice grips or channel locks.

 

or just weld another nut onto it, then use that nut

 

Lol thats actually a good idea man.

 

no welder

 

[sm=icon_rock.gif] yep, ive used it many times.

 

you will never get a wrench or anthing up on the nut it is just to dam tight on the passenger side . so if you went at it for 5 hours you must be saving the H pipe or you would of just cut off as mutch as you could then unbolted the headder and got the stud out on your work bench right . aside from the sparkle wrench or destroying the H pipe you are olny left with one of those gripper sockets that are like a femail verson of a E-Z out you know what I'm talking about

A pnumatic chisle could blow it apart in on time ( wear hearing protection ) the old fassion nut splitter might do it but it would have you hanging over the fender with your feet in the air reaching down to turn it and they dont work all the time

You need the sparkle wrench . get in the yellow pages and call a Iron worker if you cant get your hands on one . they will come out and cut it for you .trust me I hade them come out a coupple times befor I finaly bought a oxy/ settey set

 

to get a nut off. first sit on yoru hands for a while, then watch a good movie. now when hands are numb go ahead and grab a hand full of lotion and go to town..........


nah serious, cut that bitch off if its on the muffler to H pipe connection. if on header side break it off some how

 

i ve tryed that i think im going to cut it if i can also when i cut it i will show yall what the nut looked like

also how hard once i get the header off is it going to be to get that stud out

 

once it is out and on the bench it ant that bad . you will deff hafto heat it up and use a stud extractor . do that first it is the EZest way if that dont work drill out the stud and retapp the hole