autozone sells these really nice sockets, especially designed for rounded bolts. they grab on really good. but the best trick i have is aerokroil. it is about 15$ a can and makes pb blaster look like baby food! if all else fails you maybe able to cut off the heads of the bolt. then after you pull the header, or heads you can extract the rest of the bolt easier. when i do this most of the time the bolt will come right out cause its not locked on anymore.
A sawzall or a hand jab saw.
Try using a hammer and chisel or punch before you cut them off and tap them to the left (loosening).
Sometimes the jarring and penetrant will work to loosen them.
Always remember to use anti-seize on the new header bolts so they don't stick. :good:
Yeah there isn't much room. I have a dremel with a flexible attachment that can usually get to stuff like that. But I would only try that if you already own it. Maybe a sawzaw? But would have to be careful not to tear up the flange. Hopefully the penetrating oil works then you don't have to worry about it.
Dremel FTW!
If you don't own a dremal, now is as good a time as any to buy one. I thought all you Fox guys had dremels?! Lol, seriously, you gotta cut those header bolts off that'll free up so much room making the task at hand hella easy.
Hahaha! I got a dremel, two of them as a matter of fact.
Dislike them both as they are to under powered and small to do much with on cars.
Also have 3 die grinders, two electric, one air, one electric is so powerful it scares me. :
Now those are some rotary cutting and grinding tools.
What takes 10-15 minutes or more with a Dremel can be done in 1-2 minutes or less with a die grinder.
When I put my longtubes on the stock header bolts had been impacted on there at 10000lbs by a dumb a$$ ford tech that worked on it under warranty. Had to use a cutting torch after trying everything else.
Okay, I'll give that a shot and then cut the header bolts off.
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