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Prez
Posted on Friday, September 08, 2006 - 05:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

so,i'm finally in the final stages of getting the x1 Back together again. i was installing the race header (thanx chasespeed) and i broke off an exhaust stud. so i tried drilling a hole and using a easy out screw extractor.the easy out broke off also!! so now i'm kinda S.O.L... i got an extractor off the snapon truck today,but i'm pretty worried about using that now.. any suggestions would be great! it's on the front jug,and the aft stud..
if i have to completely drill out the broken stud,would i be able to re-tap it? is putting another stud,one or two sizes larger an option???again,any help is greatly appreciated!!!
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Bomber
Posted on Friday, September 08, 2006 - 05:33 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

prez -- lots pof data in the KV, and also in a thread further down this very page --

it's a PITA, for sure, but doable if you go slow and are patient
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Prez
Posted on Friday, September 08, 2006 - 05:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

thanx bomber.. i read the mentioned post..
i should probably add that my exhaust stud is broken off below the surface that the exhaust clamp mates up to..atleast .25'' below.. and i also have to get the easy out,out... and it's not a flat clean break on the easy out..it's all jagged..
i'm letting the whole stud soak with "mouses milk" for atleast a day..
and i just bought a brand new snapon tap and dye set,i know i shouldnt be too eager to use it on this particular job,but i kinda am..lol..and i'm gonna check out the "Helicoil" route also.. i'm not familiar with it,but from what i get from the description,it's basically an anchor type device.. like you use for screws in drywall..but obviously for metal uses..
anywho..thanx again..PREZ
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Rich
Posted on Friday, September 08, 2006 - 08:14 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Another option- http://www.timesert.com/
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Jlnance
Posted on Friday, September 08, 2006 - 09:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Prez - wow, someone else just snapped a header stud off an X1.

Read this. It documents my experiences drilling out a broken header stud on the Blast and is a summary of all the advice I got.

It isn't so bad to drill the thing out. I would helicoil (or some other brand) it rather than trying to ez-out it. If you break off the ez-out you are sort of screwed at that point. :-)
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