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SoFloZ · 12-08-2012, 03:52 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, 04:13 AM

ouch!!

SPOHN · 12-08-2012, 08:47 AM

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

anthonyy · 12-08-2012, 12:42 PM

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

Nut_N_Much · 12-08-2012, 12:50 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, 01:06 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, 02:18 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, 12:53 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, 09:39 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, 01:54 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, 02:26 PM

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

Red_Z · 12-11-2012, 01:51 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, 07:58 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, 03:52 AM	#1 (permalink)
SoFloZ Base Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Pembroke Pines Posts: 99 Drives: 12 Gun-Grey Manual Rep Power: 2	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, 04:13 AM	#2 (permalink)
SoCalBoy Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: MoVal, Ca Age: 29 Posts: 312 Drives: RipTide Rep Power: 2	ouch!! __________________

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12-08-2012, 02:18 PM	#7 (permalink)
Huck What the Huck?! Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Cocoa, Florida Age: 30 Posts: 3,480 Drives: Pantydropper machine Rep Power: 13	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 __________________ SHOW: PlastiDip everything / LEDS / Swift / Evo-R GO: F.I. CF CBE / F.I. LTH / Stillen CAI / Stillen Pulley / UpRev SOUND: Pioneer / Zenclosure / Kicker / Alpine Type R

12-08-2012, 12:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
anthonyy Track Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: California Posts: 933 Drives: 11 370Z T/S MB Rep Power: 4	That's the demon bolt. You need to use an impact wrench socket.

12-09-2012, 12:53 AM	#8 (permalink)
SoFloZ Base Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Pembroke Pines Posts: 99 Drives: 12 Gun-Grey Manual Rep Power: 2	And its the bolt that we have to use multiple extension to get to... so I dont know what to do.

12-09-2012, 09:39 AM	#9 (permalink)
Mitco39 Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Edmonton Alberta Canada Posts: 1,064 Drives: 40th 370z Rep Power: 7	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 2010 40th Anniversary W/ Nav - Boosted Performance My Build --> http://www.the370z.com/members-370z-...39s-build.html

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fuct A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2009 Location: Sugar Land Age: 32 Posts: 2,899 Drives: 2010 PW NISMO#517 Rep Power: 10	i had to drill out two bolts on the headers...... :\

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Red_Z Base Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: California Posts: 157 Drives: A red Z Rep Power: 2	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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