I am going to be R&R my exhaust manifolds in a few weeks. I have been spraying the nuts/studs down with PB blaster, ATF/Acetone, and Deep Creep alternatively for a month or so now. I am not in a super rust area, but the nuts and exposed studs are rusty, but not like the exhaust bolts farther back in the system. Assuming I get them off without snapping one, should I replace all the studs, or just run a die down them to clean them up and reuse them?
Once the manifold is off, the External Star drive can be used to remove the stud, correct? Does it have (or on reinstallation does it need) Loctite or anything.
Also, many of the DIY tutorials talk about heating a stud/net to cherry red
and then quenching it to break the rust free. IF i do that none of the threaded parts can be reused, right?
Thanks in advance,