Studs on the Airbox?

[Anicrow]

So I got up and went to install my K&N FIPNK It's all going relatively smoothe, I have the intake pulled out (to make it a little easier) I get the point of removing the airbox from the mass air sensor...and find that there are four studs I need to remove.

The four studs located on the mass air sensor stand between me and getting this filter on. (The kit comes with bolts that actually fit their bracket as apposed to just tightening nuts onto the studs.)

I have no Drill, no Taps/Die set and no effing clue how to get these out other then a really violent and probably trip-to-the-hopsital resulting spree of forcing the studs out which will most likely end with me and shooting them with a shotgun.

All I have is a basic metric/Standard Ratchet set, some screw drivers, hammer etc....Gonna see if some one has a tap set I can borrow.

The directions say "If you can tighten to nuts on at once and then use the bottom to back out the stud they should come out"

Which translates mostly to "!@$!@$" I can understand it a little bit, but don't quite get how to loosen the bottom nut with the top one still intact? -shrug-

So any idea how to get these things off? I've searched all over google, goo-tube, and a little bit on SM

 

[daledoe]

Get a drill and tap it, OR a new mafs!!!

 

[Anicrow]

Get a drill and tap it, OR a new mafs!!!

Haha maybe it is time to invest in a drill :/ Just thinking about it, the hardware from the airbox to the mafs looked pretty new, and I think there was locktite so...

Could be a fun sunday.

 

[Dragk913]

"If you can tighten to nuts on at once and then use the bottom to back out the stud they should come out"

^^That works well on studs.
You put 1 nut on, and then another nut on top of the first one. Tighten the top one until both are snug. Use a wrench on the bottom nut and turn the wrench as if you were loosening the bottom nut. It might take some work but it will loosen the stud.
If you need a picture let me know.



Oh and on N/A's, we don't have MAF's - just an Air Flow Meter

 

[Anicrow]

"If you can tighten to nuts on at once and then use the bottom to back out the stud they should come out"

^^That works well on studs.
You put 1 nut on, and then another nut on top of the first one. Tighten the top one until both are snug. Use a wrench on the bottom nut and turn the wrench as if you were loosening the bottom nut. It might take some work but it will loosen the stud.
If you need a picture let me know.



Oh and on N/A's, we don't have MAF's - just an Air Flow Meter

Haha I get it now, I guess the lack of a wrench at the time really had me baffled like a cave man beating a rock, I'll see if I have any 10's in wrenches hidden somewhere, or just use an adjustable..thanks for clarrifying you'd be surprised how hard it is to find some one with a Tap set around here >.<

 

[Anicrow]

Got it all mounted on, and being at Altitude I definitely notice a difference in the way the car pulls and handles, it was pretty sluggish before hand, but now it's breathing right and pulling slightly better then it did down on sea level. I'll probably take her out tonight and really really road test her.

Only other problems I ran into was fitting their bracket onto the a/c line bracket. I had to mount it under, as apposed to on top of it since it didn't fit inbetween which was just a small inconvenience... Other then that it fits just right and you can even hear a slight difference from the stock airbox..

+1 to K&N