Date:         Mon, 24 Oct 2011 08:03:24 -0500
Reply-To:     James Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         James Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Remove Broken Stud: Web Page
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That stud should not have been that difficult to drill out. As far as I know they are fairly mild steel. 

Jim



On Oct 24, 2011, at 4:56 AM, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> BTDTOTTNS (Been There, Done That, On To The Next Step).  
> 
> I had the opportunity to try that this weekend and REALLY wish it had worked for me.  The broken exhaust bolt (might as well be a stud by now) did not succumb to propane heat, the "100 taps" and a variety of persuasions including two different types of extractors, so I paid a mobile welder to give this a try on Saturday.  Three attempts resulted in an ever shorter stud as another piece broke off per attempt.  On the last one after welding the nut on he also heated the area of the head with his acetylene torch, all to no avail.  
> 
> Drilling in place was the next step but I could barely make a dent beyond the punch mark in the end of the piece. I finally pulled the head to take to a machine shop and that is where we stand at the moment.  The welding method might work in 90% of the cases, so I guess I'm just lucky.  Fate wanted me to get more intimate with the WBX than I ever intended.
> 
> Stephen
> 
> --- On Mon, 10/24/11, neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> From: neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Remove Broken Stud: Web Page
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Date: Monday, October 24, 2011, 12:08 AM
> 
> Stumbled on this via thesamba. IIRC, I had read a comment from Terry K
> referring to this method and wasn't 100% sure what he meant. Seems
> this may be the technique he spoke of:
> 
> http://www.fordgarage.com/pages/studremoval.htm
> 
> Neil.
> 
> -- 
> Neil n
> 
> 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly  http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp
> 
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