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What is causing exhaust manifold bolts to break on the 5.7? #3094357
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My 2014 ram 5.7 has broken exhaust manifold bolts on both sides. I fixed the right side about 6 months ago now the other side is broken. Does anyone actually know what it causing them to break? I heard it was the manifolds were warping. The last manifold I recently bought was on backorder. The dealer said the manifolds were on hold by the manufacturer for redesign or something. I wonder if the new manifolds will be any better?

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I had the same problem on my 2004 Ram 2500 5.7. I replaced all the bolts and had the manifold machined. So far so good it's been about 2 years. They all do it. Cheap China Casting I guess.

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Re: What is causing exhaust manifold bolts to break on the 5.7? [Re: VCODE] #3094365
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I did know the 5.9 engine was bad for that, i didn't know the 5.7 was too. ...........to small ! on the bolt side.

Re: What is causing exhaust manifold bolts to break on the 5.7? [Re: VCODE] #3094366
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I'm thinking more environmental. You 2 as well as I are in the rust belt/ snow belt area of the country. I have replaced manifolds on several brands of trucks and the common factor is rust. Ford manifolds will actually rust through but all suffer rusted bolts, rusted castings. The castings cause "rust jacking " where they expand under the bolt and pop the heads off.

Anyone from a rust free area have broken bolts?


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Re: What is causing exhaust manifold bolts to break on the 5.7? [Re: ruderunner] #3094370
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It happens down here too. Had a friend w/ a 5.7 hemi that kept breaking exhaust manifold bolts. This was over 10 years ago.


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Re: What is causing exhaust manifold bolts to break on the 5.7? [Re: an8sec70cuda] #3094373
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The two of the bolts on my right side were broken. They weren`t rusted. They were stainless OEM for those two positions.

Re: What is causing exhaust manifold bolts to break on the 5.7? [Re: mopars4ever] #3094415
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This is why, many of the older guys in the industry like my Dad, when OEMs started to change to metric in the late 70s,
fought it tooth and nail and complained to the powers that be.

Because his associates and he knew the finer increments of metric fasteners would allow Engineering to eventually reduce mass and cost to the point vehicles
would make it to 3-36, and after that...."hey, who cares? Make money from parts and service! Not our problem anymore".

This is what we have to work with....Iron manifold, aluminum head, tiny metric fasteners.
Think about expansion/contraction, hot/cold, over and over.
It's just a [censored] combination.

If those fasteners were 3/8" grade 5 or 8, think they'd still break?


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Re: What is causing exhaust manifold bolts to break on the 5.7? [Re: mopars4ever] #3094428
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Aluminum head, iron manifold expand and contract at different rates and highly stresses the tiny bolts and most of the time it is the end bolts that break because that is where the most difference in expansion and contraction is experienced by the head and manifold.


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Re: What is causing exhaust manifold bolts to break on the 5.7? [Re: HotRodDave] #3094437
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Originally Posted by HotRodDave
Aluminum head, iron manifold expand and contract at different rates and highly stresses the tiny bolts and most of the time it is the end bolts that break because that is where the most difference in expansion and contraction is experienced by the head and manifold.


Yep, the manifold is expanding in length when hot, contracting as it cools. That wiggles the bolt back and forth breaking them.

Funny thing is, Chrysler knew the solution, look at any flat head six, or slant six and you will see that was done to keep those long exhaust manifold from cracking or breaking studs.

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My 2105 broke two on the passenger side, fixed under warranty but $200 deductible. Same on the drivers side. Next the passenger side again, but this time they had to replace the manifold also as I was warped beyond repair. Now at 348K and a new engine I hope (also a $200 deductible biggrin) I hope the studs stay in together... luck


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Re: What is causing exhaust manifold bolts to break on the 5.7? [Re: Rhinodart] #3094479
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Tap them for bigger bolts 3/8s would hold it

Re: What is causing exhaust manifold bolts to break on the 5.7? [Re: cudaman1969] #3094527
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Back in the 60s & 70s, nearly every Mopar motor had cone shaped washers that allowed some movement and expansion due to heat. After they did away with the cone washers, the exhaust bolts started to break.

Maybe add the cone washers back in? I'd suspect McMaster-Carr probably has cone washers in the correct size. Might be worth the investment.

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Slant used low torque on the nuts too. 10 ft. lbs.


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Re: What is causing exhaust manifold bolts to break on the 5.7? [Re: slantzilla] #3094557
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Are the manifold bolts stainless? If so, you can't harden stainless. They need to be grade 8.


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My Ram has had a tick that goes away as it warms up that I've always just figured was a manifold so never did anything about it since I kept hearing about people fixing it only to have it happen again. I know someone who got tired of the repair and put headers on to solve the problem.

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My 2014 is in the dealership now for this . Also it’s not mopar specific. Our GM trucks at work have the same issue .
I assumed it was an aluminum head vs cast manifold issue ,

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Cone washers make engineering sense.

Using studs where the highest stressed middle is not threaded makes engineering sense.

Not having the end fasteners leave the aluminum cylinder at 90 degrees makes engineering sense.

Not sure Fiat Chrysler engineers left after old guys retired had “engineering sense,
or perhaps brainiac spreadsheet obsessed MBA’s in management never taught whiff of “engineering sense.”

Of course all this now corrected with French top management at Stellantis.

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Are the manifold bolts stainless? If so, you can't harden stainless. They need to be grade 8.
They were all oem bolts but I found out two bolts on the right side ( the ones that broke) were OEM stainless. I found out when I ordered new bolts and there was two different part numbers for that side. No idea why only those two. The left side were all regular Oem steel but three broke on that side also.

I was asking about the manifold because the mopar dealer said the manifolds were on nationwide back order due to a new part number being released so I was hoping it was a change in the manifold design in some way that would help the issue.

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"Not having the end fasteners leave the aluminum cylinder at 90 degrees makes engineering sense."



being stupid, i don't understand this part. could you please explain ?
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