Exhaust Manifold Bolts No Bueno

[donjetman]

Duplicate?

 

[muncie21]

The bolt clamp gizmo is a breeze to install on the passenger side. Took me about 15 minutes. I then spent 15 minutes looking at the driver's side and called it a day and went back inside.

 

[Hi-psi]

FYI the driver rear is almost impossible to get the Dorman clamp on due to the firewall. Some guys have figured a way but it ain’t easy. The others are a breeze.

The bolt clamp gizmo is a breeze to install on the passenger side. Took me about 15 minutes. I then spent 15 minutes looking at the driver's side and called it a day and went back inside.

When I did the Kral clamp on the driver's rear all I did was unbolt the transmission mount, jack the rear of the transmission up as high as it would go until it was pressing against the tunnel, and this effectively tilts the entire engine forward, away from the firewall a couple of inches. After doing that, install was super easy.

 

[donjetman]

I got one(the easy one-frt driver side)of the manifold clamps installed. I added a jam nut to the setup. I'll work on the rear two tomorrow.
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[donjetman]

Two down, one to go. The hardest one, the back left is next.
Here are pics of the back right. I added a jam nut again. I did the work by removing the inner fender well and working thru there.
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[donjetman]

Exhaust manifold to head leak repair clamp.
Saved the hardest for last, driver side rear.

Had to remove: 1) stabilizer bar, 2) front drive shaft, 3) exhaust, 4) trans cross member, 5) and the heat shield between the head and firewall.View media item 27496without heat shieldView media item 27495with heat shieldView media item 27497

 

[Hi-psi]

I'm shocked you had to remove all that. Only thing I can guess is that I just got lucky. Start to finish took me about 45 mins to do mine, including unbolting the transmission mount and tilting the engine forward. '08 Denali AWD

 

[NathanS]

You should look at replacing the swaybar bushings and endlinks. Makes a huge difference.

 

[Hi-psi]

You should look at replacing the swaybar bushings and endlinks. Makes a huge difference.

Partial thread hijack...

I have a lot of family down in your area, Pass Christian to be exact. I'm usually down there 2-3 times a year.

 

[donjetman]

You should look at replacing the swaybar bushings and endlinks. Makes a huge difference.

Right, the end link bushings were one of the first things I replaced.

Where's a good place/price to get the 2 bar bushings?