so i have a 5.9 r/t and i want to put shortie headers on it... but you know..everything cant go as smooth as you would like...so im checking out the stock headers and looking at clearance and everything when i notice the heatshield on the one side is kind of loose...so after taking a closer look i see that the bolt that goes through the header and into the block has now snapped off and is stuck inside of the block...so after cursing a bit i have no clue on how i would get that out? if its even possible without damaging the block any ideas? thanks

 

my suggestion is, as long as it's sticking out to where you can spray some pb blaster on the bolt and where it meets the block, take a pair of vise grips and clamp them onto the bolt as tight as possible, turn the bolt slowly loosen 1/2 turn then go back a 1/4 turn, go 1/2 turn then back a 1/4 until shes free

 

yea so i took the header off today and theres nothing sticking out at all, its nicely clean snapped right off in the block...sooooo would it be safe to leave that one bolt out when putting new headers on or am i most likely gonna get leaks from there thanks

 

no it woudnt be safe.. you will have a exhuast leak and loss of performance..

you best bet.. take it to a shop and have it drilled out. shoudnt be that hard..

 

im not 100% sure but i think there is a tool that screws into like snapped bolts and stuff then is supposed to remove them i forget completley what it is i believe i saw it on trucks or something once. like you drill a hole into the snapped bolt then this thing screws it out? anyone else heard of this im pretty sure its out there

 

sounds like a good idea... they have tools for everything, pretty sure there is one to do that.. kinda like the one that removes bearings from the axle. It goes in the middle and then spikes stick behind it and then you slam a peice of it back and forth on a long rod till it pops out. lol

 

there is such a tool, we have one and it works exactly like that, drill a hole, thread this into it, its got left handed threads on it and when it gets tight it turns the bolt and takes it out, but idk how much force u can really put onto it

 

haha sounds to complicated for me, thanks guys, i think im just gonna take it to the shop and have them do it so i dont mess anythin up

 

well have fun with that and good luck