exhaust manifold bolts

[whatthe]

going back to stock exhaust manifold, do the bolts need to be a special material or grade? Dodge wants about $220.00 for the bolts and studs I know parts are expensive but this averages $10 apiece=crazy

 

[ViperTony]

https://www.viperpartsofamerica.com...6-dodge-viper-exhaust-manifold-bolt-0154881aa

 

[whatthe]

thanks for reply but car is 1994 need bolts and stus dont know if this will work

 

[martyb]

I used some stainless steel bolts from Ace Hardware on my old Gen 1, worked just fine and cost alot less!

 

[dave6666]

The Belanger headers for my Gen 2 came with stainless hex head cap screws, or bolts as they are being called, but I used the OE screws to put the aftermarket headers on. Point is, yes, it appears that common screws will work.

BTW, a bolt gets a nut. A screw does not. Therefore those are screws not bolts.

 

[ViperTony]

thanks for reply but car is 1994 need bolts and stus dont know if this will work

Contact Jerry at the VPA and find out. I know they have crates and crates of bolts (screws) and fasteners and I'd be surprised if they didn't have these for your Viper.

 

[ViperTony]

BTW, a bolt gets a nut. A screw does not. Therefore those are screws not bolts.

Hmm...interesting. Technically, isn't the block that the bolt is screwing into a nut? Since it's been drilled and tapped to accomodate the bolts?

 

[viperrt96]

You have PM

 

[MTGTS]

I'd go to Fastenal if you have one around

 

[Mad Max]

BTW, a bolt gets a nut. A screw does not. Therefore those are screws not bolts.

So let me get this straight, if I screw the fastener in question into a tapped hole it is called a screw, then if I would take the same said fastener and place it in an assembly with a nut it is now a bolt instead of a screw, so if so it depends on the application as to what it is called.

 

[AJ02]

I'm guessing you're right. You can put a nut on a machine screw.

 

[dave6666]

http://engineerexplains.com/answr/Screw-vs-Bolt1.html

 

[Mad Max]

http://euler9.tripod.com/bolt-database/boltdef.html

Another point of view.

 

[dave6666]

http://euler9.tripod.com/bolt-database/boltdef.html

Another point of view.

Certainly interesting, and like the comedic approach lol. I do however find interesting that all of the standards in his opening statement are not the standards we use here; SAE and USS, and then DIN for metric.

I can also say that in my 30+ years in industrial construction / maintenance / engineering, that the bolt takes a nut and a screw screws in to the part being fastened. Both the article you linked to, as well as Wikipedia, both go into the history of the history of the confusion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screw#Hex_cap_screws

I will however, always claim victory when you say you have a hot water heater. And I say you don't need to heat hot water...