I bought some long tubes removed the Stock y pipe and when I looked at the headers I noticed some bolt heads missing... Tried to remove the header from the block and SNAP the head of the bolt broke off... My question is can I remove the bolts without pulling the engine??? It's the front pass side, rear pass side and driver rear that are broken off,

 

either pull the dog house off or pull the engine.

maybe a good time to upgrade cam and heads


how many are broke?

 

Man I hear that happens often.

 

The passenger 3 total, luckily one of them was just the head of the bolt so I got vice grips and it came off easily but the other two are broken in the head I can get to the one on the pass rear I removed the wheel liner and it's a clear shot but I think I'm going to have to buy a angle drill to try and get the driver rear it's really tight back there

 

heard this many of times. I was lucky, had none break.

I've heard some try a tack welded nut over the top on the stud and see if that would work it out... if they broke down flush or further I'm at a loss

 

This one worked in my '99 5.3 that had the #7 broke before I got anywhere near it. I wasn't talented enough to hold the wrench / nut / while tacing the remaining stud but my buddy was. Ut sure beat pulling the head ..

 

Don't try drilling it. Use a wire feed to build up the bolts that aren't flush, then weld a nut thru the center to it. Works every time.