Help with stripped header flange bolt

[95CALI-5.0]

I have Ford Racing Shorty Headers. On the driver side, the top flange bolt is stripped. I can't get the nut to screw back on. I tried the other nuts from the other flanges and they are also not screwing on. I guess I will need to change the flange bolt out.

Question is, Can I get the bolt off from under the car? I see the nut at the base of the flange. It'll be to tight with a wrench and I don't think a deep socket will reach it. Any special tool I can use??

Where to get a replacement bolts and nuts?

Thanks

 

[Downshift]

I hate header bolts!!! I did that on mine, it was the middle bolt on my passenger side. And I have equal lengths on the car.... NOTHING would get it off. Until my friend reminded me of the awesome power of the vice grips. I freaking love vice grips now, they are the shit. Try that, if you cant get regular size in there, at autozone they have mini ones which are like a quarter the size of the normal ones.

Not sure what else you could use, just about everything is too big to get on and no room to pound a smaller socket on either right? I never had problems with the driver side but that has more room....

Good luck man.

 

[ryclef331]

pull the header off and get some vice grips on it. Go to the parts store and get a box of header bolts from the "high performance section"

 

[95CALI-5.0]

Thanks guys. The mid pipe is off and there is a lot of room to work with on the drivers side! The stud is to long to reach with a deep socket, so I'm gonna cut it in half with a air cutter and that will give me enough room to get a deep socket on there. I'll let you guys know how it turns out.
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[95CALI-5.0]

All done!!! I'm back in action :dancing6:

 

[Downshift]

Oops I thought you meant the ones to the head. My bad haha, glad you got it man. I hate doing exhaust.