my heads eventually went to the machine shop to have the studs drilled out
and helicoils installed.  they hit me 10 per stud.

jonathan

On Tue, 2 May 2006, Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN) wrote:

> Well, I'm in the same situation as many of you have been in the past.
> I'm trying to get the exhaust bolts and studs out of the heads.  I
> pulled the motor because I knew I would have "fun" trying to get them
> out (plus I had a few other "little" things I needed to do which would
> be a lot easier with the engine out.  So fare I used Power Blaster to
> soak them, vibrated them with hammer and no luck.  Then I heated them up
> with a brazing torch, got them red hot and snapped the heads of two
> bolts and the stud would not turn either.  I tried the heat again on the
> stubs left from the bolts...no luck with Vice Grips...I twisted of a bit
> more of the bolt.  Soaking with PB again and will try a bolt out tool or
> a stud extractor.  I might try welding a nut on to see if that works but
> I cant see how that would be any more effective than getting the stubs
> red hot like I did already.  Very last resort will be drilling and
> extracting, but I'm not looking forward to that job :(
>
> Hopefully the water pump and thermostat come of better...Camping season
> is almost here...
>
> Pascal
> '84 Westy
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