Studding the heads

[Rhall]

Im putting on a 4088 this weekend, im gonna stud my heads too, should i stud the stock headgaskets? Or go ahead and pull the heads and put new headgaskets in and stud them? The truck has 68k on it, doesnt seem to loose coolant or pressurize the system.

Thanks
Rob

 

[malibu795]

leave the heads in place and pull the head bolts. no need to break the head gasket loose..


IIRC its the drive side back that will be PITA to get the stud in..

 

[Rhall]

leave the heads in place and pull the head bolts. no need to break the head gasket loose..


IIRC its the drive side back that will be PITA to get the stud in..

Yea ill have to dent the fire wall in slightly.

 

[bullfrogjohnson]

I am in the same boat as you rhall, just got to save the money for studs

 

[Rhall]

I am in the same boat as you rhall, just got to save the money for studs

I have the studs, i have to go through the pita of installing the charger this weekend.

 

[bullfrogjohnson]

its not that bad, I would probably say that the studs will be worse to install than the charger but in the end it will all be worth it.

 

[mvnvltn]

It'll be fine , just do them one at a time..

 

[sweetdiesel]

Im putting on a 4088 this weekend, im gonna stud my heads too, should i stud the stock headgaskets? Or go ahead and pull the heads and put new headgaskets in and stud them? The truck has 68k on it, doesnt seem to loose coolant or pressurize the system.

Thanks
Rob

Rob
If you gaskets seem good,I would use them

Make sure you TQ the studs to the correct spec
good wrenches will help!

 

[LarryJewell]

Did you get the studs installed, was it difficult