2017 ram 2500 broken manifold bolts
Sweet. Can u give us a break down of the cost of parts and labour? Thanks. Kim
Sure, so there isn't much out there for the 2500, American Racing Headers is pretty much the only game on town
Full length headers, with high flow cats, a decent Y pipe (the stocker is a terrible chokepoint) new hardware and shipping ran $2050
A set of remflex gaskets ran $45.00
The shop had my truck for 2 days, removed the broken bolts from the heads and installed the headers, welded up a block of plate for a cross over pipe not used on my truck and rewired the O2 sensors to fit the new exhaust
The receipt shows they charged $450 per side, plus tax, but the total number was crossed out and someone had written $750.00 instead
So, $2845.00 out the door
So what happens here? Do the manifold bolts "JUST" break? For no apparent reason? Seriously? When there are vehicles running around 60 plus years old with the original bolts everywhere? That's just stupid.
What I'm hearing is that someone at mopar (or Daimler or whoever was in charge at the time) decided to make the stock manifolds to thin and a few heat cycles in, they warp
I'm sure the bolts are a thin as possible (because 1/3 penny saved per truck, half a million trucks per year, is $165,000.00 saved)
So, the manifolds warp and put more pressure on the bolts then they can handle and they snap
From what I hear, it is a pretty common issue on rams with the hemi