03-22-2011, 11:58 PM | #1 |
header Question
Hey guys I have ARH 1 7/8th long tubes with high flow cats. After I installed them I Heat cycled them and then torqued the head gasket bolts after about a week and some came a little lose but not to bad. My question is how many heat cycles did anyone with headers do? As i said i did it once after a week and some of them were a little lose. Does it need to be done again? Thx fella's.
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03-23-2011, 12:15 AM | #2 |
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Did you use blue loctite on the bolts? You should only have to retorque a MAX of once if done right.
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03-23-2011, 12:16 AM | #3 |
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Never use locktight in the headers.
You should only have to heat cycle them once. |
03-23-2011, 01:56 AM | #4 |
I didnt use locktight i used anti-seize compound
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03-23-2011, 03:01 AM | #5 |
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I don't recommend putting anything in the heads.
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03-23-2011, 08:59 AM | #6 |
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I would pull out the bolts and take off the anti-seize. The only thing I use anti-seize on while dealing with the heads are the spark plugs. Thanks for your purchase.
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03-23-2011, 09:11 AM | #7 |
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spark plugs and 02 sensors.........Definitely
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