07-23-2008, 07:37 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Way out there.,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF398/460ci/ 144hp of backfiring fury
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I've had my side pipes off quite a few times over the past year. I used to use stainless fasteners until recently. It seems that I have run into shoddy fasteners that once torqued, would seize, and then I simply just unscrewed them into two broken pieces. The box had an origin sticker that said "made in China" so I just figured I would change. I have since replaced the fasteners with grade 8 bolts with a serated flanged nut seated onto washers on both sides of the flange. After several months of heat cycling, its still tight.
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