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Ed in Maine · 11-30-2017, 01:01 PM

Don't beat yourself up, we have all been there. Years ago I had just installed a rebuilt block but told the builder that I wanted to do the painting my self. I wanted to be sure the block was grease free and I wanted to see that new looking copper gasket. The builder gave me a set of new studs. Sure enough, I broke a stud while torquing the head down using a torque wrench. The repro studs were lousy. You would have seen a grown man cry! A club member came over to my house with his mig welder and we used the washer and nut method to remove the stud. It worked perfectly. I have since used this method down to #10 - 32 screws and have been very successful. By the way, I have never recovered from the broke stud incident. I hate to torque cylinder heads! Ed

11-30-2017, 01:01 PM	#24
Ed in Maine Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Washington Cty., ME or Flagler Cty., FL Posts: 1,193	Re: Broken head stud Don't beat yourself up, we have all been there. Years ago I had just installed a rebuilt block but told the builder that I wanted to do the painting my self. I wanted to be sure the block was grease free and I wanted to see that new looking copper gasket. The builder gave me a set of new studs. Sure enough, I broke a stud while torquing the head down using a torque wrench. The repro studs were lousy. You would have seen a grown man cry! A club member came over to my house with his mig welder and we used the washer and nut method to remove the stud. It worked perfectly. I have since used this method down to #10 - 32 screws and have been very successful. By the way, I have never recovered from the broke stud incident. I hate to torque cylinder heads! Ed