ok i have a 96 trans am lt1, and i am installing some headers, and i was taking off the exhaust manifolds and the bolt that is against the firewall is broken, i didnt even turn it with a wrench and it practically fell off. so its in the head and i was feeling for the bolt on the passenger side firewall , and its ****n broke as well...WHAT THE HELL!!! so now i have broken bolts off in each of my heads!! How do i get them out, never done this before?

 

Join the "header bolt broken" club.

You gotta pull the heads.

Unless you can get that bolt out.....theres like 5 inches of room in there, no angle drill will fit.

You, my friend are screwed, like 50% of the people who tried to install headers. Including me.

 

oh man...So you cant twist them off like you normally would? You should just pull them out?

 

Oh great I was hopin not to get that answer!! U don't think I can get an air ratchet in there with a bit on it?

 

Aren't there two bolt holes at the ends of the LT1 heads... one for the stock manifolds, and another closer to the port that most headers use?

 

Injuneer ur right I just went home to check and was about to post this and u already beat me to the punch!!
Well yall aren't gonna believe this ****, but on the back and front of the heads this one extra bolt hole on the heads , why I don't know, but I went home and looked and the bolt I broke is the farthest back well there is an extra bolt hole right in front of it and that's the one I gotta use to mount my headers and not the broken one!!!! WWWOOO. HHHOOO what a relief!!! So headers install continued!!!

 

first you need a welder
2nd you hold a nut in the center of the hole,take your welder wond (lead what ever)and weld up the hole and the nut.you'll have to hold the nut with a wrench.after it cools for minute.just turn the bolt out....try not the weld more then you have too. I removed one that was agianst the firewell of my suburban using a 90 degree drill and about 20 1/8 drill bits.I had to cut them real short then the next one alittle longer and so on.. then use the ole easy out.

 

already figured it out there chief