meck
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Well, it didn't take long for me to run into a problem. One side of the header bracket was held on by a regular hex bolt, and the other side looked to be a stud with an acorn nut on it. The hex bolt came off just fine, but the other side was giving me trouble. I sprayed some Sea Foam penetrating oil in there and let it sit. Long story short, the stud snapped.
So I need some advice and information. The stud is broken almost flush, so there are no threads to put a nut on it. It's entirely possible that this thing hasn't been touched in 15 years, so I am wondering if a bolt extractor is even worth a try. Will I just break off the threads, or worse, break the extractor and then really be in trouble? I was thinking of just getting the specs on that stud, drilling out to exactly the right size, then re-tapping. Is there anything else I should try before that, or will I likely have to do it eventually anyway?
Can anyone provide me with the specs on that stud - size, depth & thread pitch and whatever else I might need to know?
On another note, I can't get the bottom nut off the forward heat shield - the stud just spins in the frame. How would one get that off?
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