20-03-17, 11:05 PM
(This post was last modified: 20-03-17, 11:11 PM by tommyardin.)
[size=1em]I had a similar problem when I replaced my down pipes.
I had been soaking the studs in W/D for about 4 days before starting the job.
Two of the stud nuts come out bringing the studs with them, I managed to get 5 other nuts off but one sheared the stud, but as the others were all off I was able to remove the original down pipes.
The sheared stud was one of the centre (ish) studs and although it was sticking out of the head by a bout 6 or 7mm it was almost impossible to get at, I tried moles but once they were snapped into place the was no room to turn them.
I managed to get the broken stud out by using a small 5mm socket (1/4" drive) with a 1/4" to 3/8" adaptor and a short extension bar that allowed me get between the front duplex frame tubes and gently tap the 5 mm socket onto the the stud that was sticking out of the head.
I kept gently tapping the end of the extension bar and it forced the socket over the stud, actually moving the stud material to completely fill the socket then a ratchet on the end of the extension bar and just unscrewed the broken stud, I actually think that the tapping helped break any corrosion that was helping to hold the stud in place.
I never managed to get the broken stud out of the socket but it did the job.[/size]
[size=1em]Oh! my apology to darrsi for the re-writing the [/size]Gettysburg[size=1em] Address, but I thought it might be helpful.[/size]
[size=1em]tommy [/size]
I had been soaking the studs in W/D for about 4 days before starting the job.
Two of the stud nuts come out bringing the studs with them, I managed to get 5 other nuts off but one sheared the stud, but as the others were all off I was able to remove the original down pipes.
The sheared stud was one of the centre (ish) studs and although it was sticking out of the head by a bout 6 or 7mm it was almost impossible to get at, I tried moles but once they were snapped into place the was no room to turn them.
I managed to get the broken stud out by using a small 5mm socket (1/4" drive) with a 1/4" to 3/8" adaptor and a short extension bar that allowed me get between the front duplex frame tubes and gently tap the 5 mm socket onto the the stud that was sticking out of the head.
I kept gently tapping the end of the extension bar and it forced the socket over the stud, actually moving the stud material to completely fill the socket then a ratchet on the end of the extension bar and just unscrewed the broken stud, I actually think that the tapping helped break any corrosion that was helping to hold the stud in place.
I never managed to get the broken stud out of the socket but it did the job.[/size]
[size=1em]Oh! my apology to darrsi for the re-writing the [/size]Gettysburg[size=1em] Address, but I thought it might be helpful.[/size]
[size=1em]tommy [/size]