PDX

Anyone have some spectacular way of removing stripped headbolts? I was working on a cousin of mine's car when we got to removing the headbolts 1 of them stripped! I know they should be torqued to anout 82ft/lbs but it took a 200 pound friend and a 4 foot extension on a 1/2 drive breaker bar just to get them to loosen. Supposably this hasn't been torn into yet but when we got some of the bolts there was no anti-seize on the threads at all! Doesn't honda even from the factory use some type of anti-seize? We actually broke 2 6 sided sockets from craftsmen too. I am assuming this engine has overheated before and warped the head. Thats my only assumption for why the headbolts have that much torque on them! Also tried an impact wrench and a bolt remover with no success either. We were thinking about grinding off the heads of the bolts but I don't see how I could get a grinder in there. We could resource another head just need to get it off!

Info: F22B DOHC JDM engine in a 1992 Prelude! Reason for removing the head is because of a busted timing belt!

sk8rmike

Yeah regardless of having anti-seize on them or not the block warping around them from the heat always makes them a chickenfucker to get out. You need a special type of socket with sharp edges inside that spiral down....I forgot what it is called. It digs into the head of the bolt as you turn it to back it out so you can get it out.....that's probably about your only option there. BTW, those headbolts are expensive as fuck from Honda lol.

PDX

Can't you use H23 head bolts?

sk8rmike

I am not sure about the compatability between H series heads. I know B series you must use B series headbolts, D series are interchangeable between D's, but that's as far as my knowledge goes there.