carquest sells the manifold gasket for $25. they are the only ones i found that sell it other than the dealer. when i took my manifold off, none of the studs broke. as a matter of fact you dont even take the studs out. the manifold is held on there with nuts. back the nuts off and drop the down pipe and your in business. the collector is where i started breaking studs. i broke 2 out of three there.