Eric O-Exhaust Manifold Bolt Removal

[donjetman]

I have 3 that I've been afraid to attack for 6+ yrs. He makes it look easy.

 

[rdezs]

LOL, he's going in hardcore with that torch. Recently had to pull off the manifolds on a 2003 Hummer that had been on for 22 years. Used one of those small butane pencil torches.... Doesn't take too much to take care of the factory loctite..... Then with a small ball peen hammer I would tap each one lightly about 15 or 20 times after spraying it with penetrating oil. Only had two or three that I had to rotate back and forth left and right a couple times. Other than that they all came out nicely. But .... It had never lived in the rust belt. I imagine for a shop considering the time factor, the big torch would speed things up quite a bit.... Just seems a bit risky to me.

I do have a nice drill guide that bolts onto the head, and a set of reverse drills. So far they're still sitting unused.