Exhaust Manifold Stud bolts

[cattivo_69]

Hey guyz

I need to get a hand of 12 exhaust manifold stud bolts for an Rb20det

im in melb, anywhere u suggest and also are they the same bolt they use on the VL

sum1 was saying that they are most likey the same coz the rb30 rb20 rb25 use the same stud bolts???

does any1 kno??

PM me please with ur ideas?

thanks joe

[Bl4cK32]

they are the same as rb30, cos i used em on a rb25de head and they are the same.

r31 skyline, vl commodore, r32 skyline all the same....

[SteveL]

sum1 was saying that they are most likey the same coz the rb30 rb20 rb25 use the same stud bolts???

They are the same. Any Nissan dealer will (or should) have them in stock. I know F/tree Gully Nissan usually has them. Worth phoning first. Around $3 each.

[lwells]

I replaced the exhaust manifold studs on my RB26 last weekend. They are cheap and easy to get through Nissan: as SteveL said they are about $3 a pop.

Lucien.

[Duncan]

Repco also stock them

[cattivo_69]

thanks guyz much appreciated!!

wat about turbo gasket kit for the rb20 turbo??

easily avaliable??

[BHDave]

Any turbo specialist worth the name will have a gasket kit to suit the stock turbo.

Studs can also be picked up from Auto One. 12 studs and new nuts cost me under 50 bucks.

[daler32]

i recently had my xhaust studs changed cost me 800 bucks but some were snapped in the block thats y i didnt attempt it myself. i got told to change to copper washer and nuts?? not sure if this is right but thats wat they did. i went to repco wen i was gonna do it they were absolutely useless spent half an hour in there they couldnt even find em for a rb30

[lwells]

cattivo_69: As BHDave said, a decent turbo shop can get that gasket.

daler32: how much labour were you charged (just out of interest)? The copper washer suggestion is interesting: I wouldn't have thought they were necessary given the purpose of the nuts is merely to hold the manifold in place against the gaskets. Usually you use copper washers for things like the oil/water lines on the turbos where the washer performs the role of a gasket (because copper is soft and compresses). There is also the issue of differing expansion rates, but its probably not a problem on something as small as a copper washer.

Interesting nonetheless.

Edit: I have also found some Repcos to be next to useless (and usually more expensive than other auto shops)

Lucien.

[inissane]

is there a torque setting on these or just tighten em??

[lwells]

Start them buy hand so you don't cross thread them, then just use a ring spanner with the ole' two nuts-tightened-against-each-other trick until the thread disappears in to the head.

Edit: or do you mean for the nuts that hold the manifold to the studs?

LW.