Originally Posted by centerforce99
Not hard, however if you strip a head bolt, or run into a pesky head bolt that does not want to break free, you run the risk of stripping it or breaking it, in which both of those instances makes the install suck. W/regards to wd-4o and what not it can still happen.
Yes there is that possibility of stripping or snapping a stud, which is why you should never use a cheater bar when working on the head. Torquing precisely to spec is
very important, as is tightening the flange nuts in the
correct order. :yes:
If you decide to do the install, spray each stud with WD-40 when the engine has cooled down most if not all the way. Use the little straw to get the lubricant soaked into the threads around each flange nut. Then let it stand overnight. I did two rounds of that pre-soak before removing the stock header and the nuts came off very smoothly with just a box wrench