Replacing the IMS - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

kashmir · 07-26-2012, 07:21 AM

Car was damaged on the drivers side rear drive train before I got the car, I pulled and painted the lower rocker panel. New drive axle is in place so it must of been a good smack to the under carriage.

kashmir · 07-26-2012, 07:25 AM

Also the header flange is busted, damn it looks like new SS headers.

truegearhead · 07-26-2012, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by kashmir

Also the header flange is busted, damn it looks like new SS headers.

Just a quick FYI. Two of my header bolts broke off and ended up being an absolute nightmare and a common one. I bought every single bolt releaser there is and ended up towing the car to a machine shop. The headers are sweat though. I went with ebay units and they worked great. Lined up perfectly

kashmir · 07-26-2012, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by truegearhead

Just a quick FYI. Two of my header bolts broke off and ended up being an absolute nightmare and a common one. I bought every single bolt releaser there is and ended up towing the car to a machine shop. The headers are sweat though. I went with ebay units and they worked great. Lined up perfectly

Have had a lot of experience with undoing stuck and busted bolts. I worked my way through college as car and motorcycle restorer for a private collector, my last go-round was pulling cracked full Ti bolts for a customer. When I was done you could not tell that I had done any work on the part.