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Old 06-07-2008   #15
mdost03
 
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Re: torquing exhaust mani studs

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Originally Posted by sleepydsm View Post
RED RTV is the absolute worst shittiest RTV ever, says the Permatex brand rep. Shoulda gone with Ultra Black... And whats so bad about putting lock-tite on the studs? don't want them to back out... which has happened to me.
Exactly, I have had studs move around and tighten up more as I've tightened up the nuts onto them so I put a little dab of thread-locker on them and let it sit for about 5-10 min and then they are good to go. I've also taken studs out that have thread-locker on them and they aren't much harder than if they didn't have anything on there.
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