My buddy accidently broke a bolt off while we were putting headers on my car. I drilled the bolt and tried using an easy out, but then I broke the easy out. Now to the question. When I pull the head off should I pull the other head off and put a new head gasket on, or would one new gasket be okay? Also should I buy new head bolts on the reinstall?? Thanks for any help you can give.
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While you are in there, you should go ahead and do the other headgasket. The head bolts are torque to yield, so they shouldn't be reused.
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yeah... while you are in do the other gasket and always get new head bolts as stated above. If the heads are coming off maybe send them out for a port and polish and let the machine shop do a prefessional "uninstall" on the header bolt? I have a broken bolt or two on my Pontiac 400 block and I intend to just let the machine shop handle them after breaking an easy out myself. I have been told they have a tool which basically melts the bolt and it shouldnt add much to the cost over all.Comment
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