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James G. · 09-01-2013, 04:59 PM

Much labor, small drill bits, dental pick, magnet pickup stick, compressed air, oversize drill + tap, and?
Put the new oversize stud into the block and seated it. Stud was a bit loose near the top where owner had damaged the threads with drill. Mounted the head and began slow torque pattern (from Bratton's catalogue) . 25 ftlb, then 35 ftlb, then 50 ftlb. All went well until the third round on the # 5 stud. At about 45 ftlb or so it gave way.

Now What??? Does anyone make a double oversize head stud?

What we eventually dug out of the broken stud hole included foreign parts like broken "easy-out" tip and broken drill bit tip! This job was in a big mess before we even got started.

Need to get this engine together and running. The owner needs the $. Any ideas on what we need to do now?

I'm in the process of rebuilding the distributor he broke trying to remove the head. He also cracked the head but a club member donated a good used head from a compression upgrade.

We left that head on for now, just trying to decide what to do next! Help!!
Jim G.

09-01-2013, 04:59 PM	#1
James G. Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: maryland Posts: 183	Broken Head STud - Update Much labor, small drill bits, dental pick, magnet pickup stick, compressed air, oversize drill + tap, and? Put the new oversize stud into the block and seated it. Stud was a bit loose near the top where owner had damaged the threads with drill. Mounted the head and began slow torque pattern (from Bratton's catalogue) . 25 ftlb, then 35 ftlb, then 50 ftlb. All went well until the third round on the # 5 stud. At about 45 ftlb or so it gave way. Now What??? Does anyone make a double oversize head stud? What we eventually dug out of the broken stud hole included foreign parts like broken "easy-out" tip and broken drill bit tip! This job was in a big mess before we even got started. Need to get this engine together and running. The owner needs the $. Any ideas on what we need to do now? I'm in the process of rebuilding the distributor he broke trying to remove the head. He also cracked the head but a club member donated a good used head from a compression upgrade. We left that head on for now, just trying to decide what to do next! Help!! Jim G.