Ok so I placed my LT's on about 1 1/2 months ago. A total pain in the *** trying to get the bolts tightened. Only some of them could be torqued. Well it finally came time to start my truck up after a lot of engine work and what do you know, the headers were leaking like crazy. Checked all the bolts again and they were loose. I torqued as many as I could, about 2 on each side, and then tried to get the rest with a box wrench as good as I could. Does anyone know how the heck you can torque these bolts to specs? I have a 91 f150 5.0. Some of the bolts a socket doesn't even go on because the bolt is so close to the tubes. Any help or advice is needed please. Thanks

 

i have no idea, i just put mine on today and was able to use locking bolts on all except 2 or 3 on each side where there was no way for me to get the locking part on there, so in those spots i reuses the factory studs as suggested by fatherford, he said he reused all his studs and had no problems, however others on the site have used non locking bolts and had to re tighten 3 to 4 times to get them to stay

 

My stock original bolts weren't studs. I went onto hookers forum and someone said to get ARP bolts because they are longer than the ones provided by hooker and they will use the full length of the thread. thomabro do you suggest using studs or bolts from ARP?