Cam bearing stud stripped. what to do.

[drew at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (Drew MacPherson)]

Unfortunately the odds of stripping a steel stud in an aluminium hole are 
slim to none methinks.  More likely the threads are stripped out of the 
head.  Tapping and installing an oversize stud is one option - many auto 
places carry 8 over 10 oversize studs for exhaust manifold studs that 
strip out - I wonder if one of these could work?

Drew



On Wed, 9 Jul 2003, Dave Ewing wrote:

> If it is just the stud, not the head that is stripped, it is easily
> replacable.  Change heads for a stud??  I think you'd be changing head after
> head after head as most heads have some type of small flaw.
> 
> Dave
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Patrick Bureau" <txrocco@sbcglobal.net>
> To: "Ryan H" <rhock99@epix.net>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 6:35 AM
> Subject: Re: Cam bearing stud stripped. what to do.
> 
> 
> > I would change heads...
> >
> > --- Ryan H <rhock99@epix.net> wrote:
> > > As topic states, I somehow stripped one of my cam
> > > bearing studs.  So, are these things replaceable?  I
> > > mean, could I find a stud, then tear the old one out
> > > using vise grips or something?  If not, how bad of
> > > an idea is it to use the nut on it and just torque
> > > it approximately.  I imagine it's not a good idea,
> > > but not many other options.  Camshafts are easy to
> > > install?  Yeah, sure they are.
> > >
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