| 260zturbo |
Nov 25, 2009 04:06 PM |
Broken studs!!!
Nothing more fun then spending 20+ $ and a couple hrs to get out 4 broken exhaust manifold studs. 3 of them the previous owner broke >_< and one i broke while backing it out with two nuts. went to home depot and they had broken bolt extractors kinda like easy outs but its a little bit different. its a bit that you drill with in reverse and then you flip it to the other side that has a what a easy out looks like and you reverse drill it out. Well 1 of them came out in ease. then went off to the next one and it ate my bit....talk about piss away 20. went back got another pack. for the life of me i could not get chunk of bit out of the broken stud. so after alot of cussing i went ahead and welded a nut with a washer to the studs. now the studs where not exactly flush with the head so i had to do some quick zips with the welder. anyway the crap back out with ease after just welding nuts to the broken crap. lesson learn. Its been awhile since i have been able to work on the z. so after my engine staring me down every time i drive up to it i had to work on it today. going to tear the guts apart soon as i order some eagle rods...have forged pistons ready to go in,metal headgasket, arp bolts,nismo thermastat,....gotta order cams and a nice turbo but need to send head off to get some head work ;) Just a little update
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