12-04-14, 01:00 AM
(12-04-14, 12:54 AM)His Dudeness link Wrote: Another thing! When you're taking the headers off. Don't undo the nut in one go. They have ten years worth of crap built up on the threads so loosen them a bit, then tighten them bit, then loosen, then tighten. It'll help breaking up the muck on the threads. If you just undo them in one go the threads will get clogged up and you'll snap the stud!
And before retightening, add a squirt of WD40 to lubricate the thread!
If you have any spare, a friend of mine swears by neat diesel oil as a lubricant / release agent. It's nasty stuff, but it bloody works!!
The Deef's apprentice