Always have thought that i needed to repair the VAIS since i bought the car last august. I Just finished installing my new Berk with Apexi intake and now have access to the screws. I know they strip really easily... Any suggestions to get them undone?

 

When my screws got stripped, i used a special screw removal bit.

 

Don't even try to use a screw driver and just vice grip them out.

And be prepared for some fun....unless you're a lucky one.

 

haha. yeah i know. I originally "attempted to take the screws out with a driver and wow they wont budge! haha im going to have to try a vice grip!

 

Well, how experienced are you with a screwdriver? Mine came out that way, but you have to position the piece so it will not move AT ALL. Put some A$$ behind it and off come the screws.

 

I think He Man installed mine, they wont budge, it was never removed , 126k Miles iam sure its not working properly.

 

my suggesttion and method i uses is a phillips driver in a socket so you can actually get torque
MAKE SURE ITS THE EXACT RIGHT PHILLIPS HEAD or your basically F*&CKED and your going to strip the screws out, NOT FUN.
suggestion also would be to take the bolts you take out and replace them

 

biggest phillips head you can get to work in there, break it loose going clockwise (tightening), then once it broke loose back it out.

I also have a set of these http://www.irwin.com/irwin/consumer/...rwinProd100512

and they worked good too

 

haha harmbone i wish i was as lucky as you!

These babies just dont want to budge. I'm going to go out today and try taking them out with a socket to try and get some more muscle into them.

Definitely looks like I'm going to need to replace them if i ever get them out!

 

got em out! took some effort and had to cut into the screw to make it reusable. Thank god!

 

now go to autozone and buy proper bolts.

also while you're at it take out the screws on the other side of the manifold where the power rod comes out and replace those too!

 

yeah don't even think about reusing those screws

 

what are the 'proper bolts' - size wise? so i can buy em ahead of time

 

here is the official VIAS thread that answers all of the questions in here.

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=253138