Anyone have a spare fuel rail stud?

[Matt300ZXT]

I am continuing my quest of fixing this stinkin' truck and the very front fuel rail stud had some lightly boogered up parts that the E7 socket latches on to. I was able to get it to break loose with the E7 socket and some light work with the vice grips to get it loose enough to spin out, but I'm just not sure the tip of the stud is going to take getting torqued down with the socket so I'm curious if anyone had a spare? I know they're discontinued so I'm kinda SOL with going to the dealer. Maybe Dorman or HELP makes an identical stud?

 

[Matt300ZXT]

Well I got it torqued to half the spec for the first round but for round 2 to final torque specs, it just started rounding it off. I was able to see about how much it turned on the other studs to get them to final torque, so I roughly duplicated that with the vice grips...but I may still want a couple spares in case I did something wrong and have to get back down in there.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Can you show a pic of the stud so I know what to look for? If it's not big I can mail it on your dime {I'm in Canada}.

 

[Matt300ZXT]

I don't have any photos handy, but if you have the 4.0 OHV motor then it's the 6 studs with nuts holding the plastic upper intake down to the lower intake. They have E7 reverse torx tips on them since you have to have an E7 socket to remove them, because they also hold the fuel rail down to the lower intake manifold.

 

[Macneil87]

I can’t remember the thread pitch or length off the top of my head but you may be able to get some other stud. It doesn’t need to be an external torx.


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[Snoranger]

I have a few lower intakes sitting around. Let me see if I can get one out tomorrow.

 

[avid]

If you have an auto parts yard nearby you can pick one of those up yourself for $0.25. I doubt you'll find an aftermarket stud that fits. I couldn't locate aftermarket exhaust manifold studs and those are a more common replacement. Dealership wanted $12/each IIRC for OEM exhaust studs- probably similar for those fuel rail studs if they're even available.