im pissed

exhaust stud broken on one cyl...(now i think i know why the PO[of engine] left this......)both sides. I have two studs i wiggled out of the 2.0 head. but the 1.7 studs in the engine are TIGHT! should i shoot it with a touch...?

QUOTE (bd1308 @ Jun 18 2005, 07:28 PM)

both sides. I have two studs i wiggled out of the 2.0 head. but the 1.7 studs in the engine are TIGHT! should i shoot it with a touch...?

This is how I did the 928 heads. Heat around the stud with a beutain torch get it good and warm then put paraphin wax at the base of it. It wicks the wax into the threads and they come out with ease. My heads were on the bench though but two of them had already snapped off they were so stuck. It should work installed. Whats up with the two different style heads

i have two different engines. a 2.0 (which is dead...R.I.P) and my 1.7 (gas sipper and a lil' quirky)....2.0 served as donor for parts i didn't have for the 1.7....

Any idea where to find exhaust studs? I thought Peilcan would have them but they don't appear to.

Get a torch, heat the stud until it's red hot, get a stud puller on it and take it out.

"Hotwrench method" works every time.

PS: Don't melt the stud.

BTW- I just bought 2,000 of each type of exhaust stud- If you need some lemme know!