I just put some BD manifolds on mine so far so good. Just have to deal with the stench as it cooks off whatever coating they put on them. Definitely some heavy duty exhaust manifolds. Somewhat challenging to put on the driver side manifold. Then doing the torque sequence is challenging on the driver side as well. Doing both manifolds took me pretty much a whole day extracting old bolts, old manifold removal, and installing BD manifolds, but no tick and no issues SO FAR.
@ Any issues with the two bolts that are used to secure the manifold to the pipe? I heard people had to get longer bolts as the ones that come with the kit did not have enough threading on the bolts
@@nobody1322 Surprisingly no issues with those. You just have to make sure it’s lined up really well and try to tighten the bolts as evenly as possible. If longer bolts are needed since I heard the same issue. Might as well just head to a local hardware store talk to the clerk see what they have.
That’s what I installed in my 2021 Ram truck about 4 months ago. So I hope they last longer than the originals. Both of my manifolds were cracked down the center of the manifolds. But……none of my bolts were broken and they all turned out.
Good video. I just did this exact job today. 2 broken studs, warped manifold. Not fun.
Awesome job bout to do my passenger side 16 ram ordered Dorman with the upgraded ss bolts. Was this a Dorman that you installed in video?
@@christophermckay961 yes it was
thanks for the video , would you say the BD diesel manifolds last longer than OEM ones ?
I just put some BD manifolds on mine so far so good. Just have to deal with the stench as it cooks off whatever coating they put on them. Definitely some heavy duty exhaust manifolds. Somewhat challenging to put on the driver side manifold. Then doing the torque sequence is challenging on the driver side as well. Doing both manifolds took me pretty much a whole day extracting old bolts, old manifold removal, and installing BD manifolds, but no tick and no issues SO FAR.
@ Any issues with the two bolts that are used to secure the manifold to the pipe? I heard people had to get longer bolts as the ones that come with the kit did not have enough threading on the bolts
@@nobody1322 Surprisingly no issues with those. You just have to make sure it’s lined up really well and try to tighten the bolts as evenly as possible. If longer bolts are needed since I heard the same issue. Might as well just head to a local hardware store talk to the clerk see what they have.
@@nobody1322 I didn’t have any issue with bolt lengths when installing the BD manifolds.
Are the new BD aftermarket manifolds better?
YES!!! They’re not cheap but they are MUCH better manifolds than the OEM ones.
That’s what I installed in my 2021 Ram truck about 4 months ago.
So I hope they last longer than the originals.
Both of my manifolds were cracked down the center of the manifolds.
But……none of my bolts were broken and they all turned out.
4wd is easier