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- From: mwbg9715@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Mark Wayne Blunier)
- Subject: Re: Exhaust Manifold Stud Removal
- References: <1992Aug27.131102.29223@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <1992Aug28.174901.15477@pictel.com>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 16:42:17 GMT
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- >The first thing I would try is a... stud remover! This is a round
- >metal tool with a small hole for the stud. Turning the tool with a
- >ratchet wrench causes a cam to clamp the stud in place as you turn it.
-
- >Or, you could thread two nuts onto the stud, and then try to remove the
- >*inner* nut with a wrench. If the outer nut doesn't slip, the stud
- >should start turning instead.
-
- >If that doesn't work, you could try using a pair of locking pliers,
- >although that would probably mangle the threads.
-
- Another more difficult but a method that does would would be to weld
- a washer onto the stud. Then weld a nut onto the washer. Then turn
- the stud out. A washer is welded onto the stud first instead of the
- welding the nut directly, so that you dont bugger up the head in the
- process.
-
- mark
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