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27-03-12, 10:27 AM | #1 |
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When making Exhaust modifications ask a professional, snapped exhaust stud.
.... Or risk looking like an idiot.. Just like me,
While fitting a new de-cat pipe to my bike, as i removed the pipe from the head one of the studs snapped while trying to remove it... I attempted to drill through the screw but the drill bit snapped inside , The net result is i am now running my bike with one stud and exhaust putty holding it in place until i can afford to pay somebody to remove the head and drill back through (a hefty job in itself) oh the joy! On a the plus side, The bike now sounds so fantastic i have a permanent smile on my face, although a highly illegal smile R_G Last edited by RACEFIT_GLADDY; 27-03-12 at 11:52 AM. |
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Re: When making Exhaust modifications ask a professional,
We've been here before:
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27-03-12, 03:19 PM | #4 |
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Re: When making Exhaust modifications ask a professional, snapped exhaust stud.
Yeah, it's getting done easter weekend. getting a helicoil put in first, if that doesen't work the head will have to come off.
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27-03-12, 03:43 PM | #5 |
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27-03-12, 03:49 PM | #6 |
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Sid Squid, can I suggest you get that put in the how to bit of the main site if it isn't there already and maybe put a link in the how to articles as a sticky? There must be more than a few people who miss them altogether before searching the forum or asking questions.
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28-03-12, 10:01 AM | #7 |
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Re: When making Exhaust modifications ask a professional, snapped exhaust stud.
I bought a second hand engine for the XJ550 and found on delivery that two studs had been snapped off. To make maters worse, the fools had tried to weld onto the stud and this just came away when we tried to sort it. It took two hours of careful drilling, starting with a tiny 1mm bit up to the size that caused the stud to crumble. Once out, I cleaned the thread with a tap and put new studs in. We replaced the lot just to make sure that it would not happen again for a while and put them in with copper slip, just to make getting them in nice and easy.
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28-03-12, 10:39 AM | #8 |
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Nice.
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28-03-12, 10:42 AM | #9 |
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Re: When making Exhaust modifications ask a professional, snapped exhaust stud.
I have a head left over from when this exact thing happened to me - except I also snapped off a tap in there. Not very easy to remove!
Bought the head as was thinking I'd have to replace it but eventually (and I'm talking hours and hours of wiggling a tap removal tool) got it out. If you need it, give me a shout
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29-03-12, 08:06 AM | #10 |
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Re: When making Exhaust modifications ask a professional, snapped exhaust stud.
Good work, one problem though; very poor choice of 'beer'.
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