Hi all i was wondering about the procedure for the two rear studs broken on my 02 king ranch. should i just cut the nuts off the other studs, and try to remove the other studs with a stud removal tool. or??? thanks for any suggestions. Neil my email is nmattison@aol.com

 

Makes sure that you replace all of the studs and nuts with the stainless steel replacements avilable at your local Ford dealer. To make the job easier, most guys take the inner fender liners out. Much better access that way. Good luck! BTW, what color and model KR do you have?

 

i would definitely try backing out the other studs with the nuts, 9 times out of 10 the nuts are rusted to the studs but the studs back out of the head fairly easily. Replace the gaskets with fel-pro, not the ford gaskets as these are the same stainless shims that are leaking on your truck now. The fel-pros are thicker and more pliable. More than likely your studs broke because your manifold is warped. If you put a straightedge on it, you'll see it's probably off by more than 1/16". Make sure you replace your studs and nuts (all of them!) with ford parts as KR said, and use anti-seize on both ends. I did this about a month ago, but they're already leaking so i'm just going with headers as they're about half the price of oem manifolds.

 

thanks for the info guys. hey John my truck is a super crew,and its brown. we love it. im actually my 53 f100 will have a set of buckets out of a king ranch with a 351w. my engine builder said its going to be a wicked stump puller. he said its going to have a ll kinds of ft lbs of torque. i cant wait. thanks again Neil

 

Chestnut was the color that I wanted when I bought my KR but there wasn't one on the lot that day. Most KRs are SuperCrews like yours. Mine is a SuperCab. There are a few pictures on mine in my gallery.