has anyone else had trouble remove the bell mouth bolts. they are sticking for me. i havent tried any aerosol sprays or anything yet just wondering. i ran out of time today and had to take my girlfriends bike to work. getting up at 5 am to try again.
i had a little bit of a problem on my current wrx with them, just sray any kinda aerosol on them and they will come right off, you can almost watch the color change from the musty brownish back to a lighter color then they will come right off
like they said a few coats of any aerosol lubracant will do. those bolts swell and shrink so much that they get tight. bottom one closest to the drivers side is a real nuckle buster!
when installing my dp i couldnt get the stocker off. i was on a step stool literally kicking the wrench while my friend held it on the bolt. needless to say i have a couple dents in my passenger fender after that install. btw, the kicking didnt work.
Invest in a cheater bar and a decent pipe to hook it to. Just make sure you get them down tight, they will back off.
My advice would be to torque 'em to spec... they won't back off and you also won't overtighten and cause leaks.
If your dp has a divorced waste gate pipe some of the bolts on the bottom are unreachable with a torque wrench. You have to use a simple open ended wrench, so its difficult to torque to spec. You can use some loctite, but the temps are normally way to high for them to be effective.