TexasTechTA

well I am kind of stuck on the drivers side the second bolt on port 1 will not thread in because the head of the bolt is to close to the header tube. what can I do??

would a swivel and a thin wall 3/8 inch socket help?

xxsaint69x

you need to pull the header back and put the bolt in first

I know its a pain in the ***, but its the only way to do it right without messing up the threads in the head.
Marcin

TexasTechTA

are you serious?

96speed

Ditto Marcin. You need to screw that bolt in first to get the head of the bolt deep enough to clear a box end/open end wrench.

btw...you can leave your sockets in your toolbox when you bolt headers on an LT1 Fbody .

Ryan

TexasTechTA

well I think it is impossible to do this by myslef would another set of habds help?

25thBird

You can try to buy the bolts that tighten up with an allen wrench in the center, it might make it easier. I used one on the last header bolt on the driver side.

xxsaint69x

it would help a lot to have someone help you hold the header while u put the bolts in...its not impossible to do it yourself thou..you just have to have some mad lt1 skillz

crAzy95z28

dang you got to it 1st, i was going to say that..i did put a allen head screw on the driver side bolt near the firewall...damn thing was a PAIN!!!!!!!!

TexasTechTA

no thats not it I am having problems with the second bolt closest to the nose it will not go in straight.

The onyl way i can get the bolt to go in straight is when the ehader is out and then I have to put it back in and it catches on the head and the header willl not go into place.

crAzy95z28

well i had the same problem with you when i installed mine, after a while i ahd a buddy hold the header up from underneath or w/e i asked him to while i screwed in the bolt so it would go in correctly, cause i dont have 3 hands and it kept falling down when i would have it in place....
try to get someone to help you hold the header!

TexasTechTA

but could i just use allenhead bolts ont he ones that will not go in straight, the onyl reason the regular botls are not going in straight is the head is to wide

TexasTechTA

I would really like to do this mnyslef if iuse the allenheads on the ones that are hitting the header going in would that work?

crAzy95z28

actually it prob would, because you dont have a socket going over the nut, you have the allen wrench going insde the middle...so it shouldnt hit nothing, maybe rub on the header a bit....

TexasTechTA

awesoem that what i am gonna try. what size and thread allen bolts will i need?

crAzy95z28

ehh, take your bolt to a hardware store and tell them you need heat proof bolts with allen heads!! or something like that....
tell them you need the ones that are HEAT protected