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- From: larrigan@eeserv.ee.umanitoba.ca (John Larrigan)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Exhaust Manifold Stud Removal
- Message-ID: <1992Aug28.034809.15002@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
- Date: 28 Aug 92 03:48:09 GMT
- References: <1992Aug27.131102.29223@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <1992Aug27.190034.24489@ccu.umanitoba.ca> <1992Aug27.203706.898@mlb.semi.harris.com>
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- jws@billy.mlb.semi.harris.com (James W. Swonger) writes:
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- >>There are special stud removing tools. Sears Craftsman has one and I'm
- >>sure Snap-on does also. I goes on a 1/2" drive ratchet or breaker bar and
- >>uses a seraited cam to grip the stud.
- >>
- > I tried one of these and was disappointed. In aluminum however you may have
- >better luck. Or not, if the stud snapped on account of being into the water
- >jacket and corroded so badly that it -can't- fit back out the hole it came
- >in.
-
- Thanks for your responce. I have never used one of these stud removers,
- only seen them in cataloges. Soooo don't go and buy one on my recommendation.
-
- John L.
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