When Studs break....

[jdbubb at ix.netcom.com (Dan Bubb)]

On my nephew's car one of these studs was snapped. I was able to drill
though the head of the stud that was still in place on the back of the
bracket and tap it for an 8mm bolt. I was able to torque the bolt to factory
spec, so I presume that means the arrangement was sufficiently strong.
Note: we had to pull the tranny to get enough room to do this operation, so
it's not a quick wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am!
I presume you torque all your fasteners to spec so you won't break anymore
studs??
Dan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tyler P." <ty@festf.org>
To: "List (E-mail)" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 11:47 AM
Subject: When Studs break....


> My steering has been pretty messed up.  The steering rack shifts back and
> forth on my car so that the wheel has a big deadzone before I get any
> steering response.   I jacked my car up last night and found that the
bottom
> stud on the for the steering rack U bracket had snapped.  This is a manual
> steering rack so now I only have one bolt holding it down and that lets it
> slide back and forth.
>
> >From what I could tell this stud is built into the frame so now I don't
know
> what I'm going to do.  Any ideas? Is there a place from the inside that I
> can get to the rear of the stud so I can cut it out and weld a new one in?
>
> This is the second stud on the car that has snapped and I'm really sick of
> it.
>
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