God doesn't want me to drive (fuel rail bolt problem)

[Jay eS Iye]

i've learned something today, don't use a fuckin torque wrench on the nuts holding the fuel rail on: it'll break the bolts... i was wanting to be perfect and my chilton said 9 ft-lbs, so instead of just going slightly past hand tightening, i decided to use the torque wrench to be exact... i have no earhtly clue why it didn't work, but it didn't work, i broke the center bolt ... well dumbass me, instead of stopping there and HOPEFULLY saving my intake manifold (b/c i don't think you can put new bolts in it), i decided to try again on another one, the driver's side. happened again. so yeah, i need help

can i replace hte bolts that come from the intake manifold for the fuel rail to bolt onto? or do i need to replace the intake manifold.

if i do need to replace, what intake manifolds can i use other than d16a6, b/c there aren't alot of those floating around where i live...


right now i want to

please let me know ASAP, and thanks

[crxlvr]

the book prolly said 9 inch/lbs and not 9 foot/lbs, thats prolly why you broke it.

good luck with the fix.

[Jay eS Iye]

nope, 9 ft-lbs (12 Nm)...

my dad says i can take them out with some special tool, any idea what he's talkin about?

[Melt]

your dad is talking about an easy out ... my friend broke his shit off in his skunk2 manifold so i feel your pain ... luckily my dad is friends with a machinist.

[FourthGenHatch]

Its probably just a stud, you cant take it out with a stud remover.

[Melt]

this thread reminds me of my damn mtn bike ... cant ride the thing till i find the new pivot i have for it ... and i have no idea where it is ... taken my entire room apart lookin for it.

[Jay eS Iye]

Originally posted by Melt
this thread reminds me of my damn mtn bike ... cant ride the thing till i find the new pivot i have for it ... and i have no idea where it is ... taken my entire room apart lookin for it.

post whore

ok i went to o-reilly's and they gave me a 5/64'' drill bit and a 3/32'' drill bit, and told me to first drill into the center of the bolt with the 5/64 then with the 3/32 and tap in a #1 screw extractor. then use vice grips and slowly turn the screw out. i'm also gonna use some break away spray or something to help it out.
question tho, the #1 says to use it with a 5/64, but the o-rielly guy said to use it with the 3/32, which should i do?

kinda o/t, but if i have to buy a new intake manifold, i may upgrade. i read on another forum that 96-00 EX intake manifolds are the best for D Series (they called them the Type R of manifolds) b/c its bigger all around. will this bolt up to an a6 head?

[Jay eS Iye]

well i tried with it this morning. i drill a hole in it and used the screwq extractor but it wouldn't budge. and i'm afraid to do anything that would make it worse. so i'm afraid i have ot wait until tomorrow (friggin sundays) and take it to a shop... unless i can find a cheap Z6 or even better a Y8 manifold

[91civicDXdude]

i did the exact same thing on my d16z6. I just used a pair of vice grips and clamped onto the remaining part of the stud very tight and unscrewed it out.