12a Rebuild: intake stud with frozen nut
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12a Rebuild: intake stud with frozen nut
Rebuilding the 12a and just discovered when when removing the intake manifold one of the studs under the coolant passage came out with the nut frozen at the end.
With the nut at the end of the stud, and not turning on further or off, it will not tighten down on the intake manifold.
Suggestions welcomed.
I'll check the auto parts store in the morning just in case I can replace the stud and nut.
With the nut at the end of the stud, and not turning on further or off, it will not tighten down on the intake manifold.
Suggestions welcomed.
I'll check the auto parts store in the morning just in case I can replace the stud and nut.
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This morning I realized I have two non-usable rotor housing, each with a good stud.
I should be able to pull one of them out.
Is there anything about putting the stud back in I should know?
Lock-tite or just in till its tight? That sort of thing.
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or you can put a washer on your frozen stud and just put it back. think of it as a bolt
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Thanks everyone.
I thought about the frozen nut+stud as a bolt, but more than one washer would be need to take up the slack, but if I could not rehab what I had that was the fall-back plan.
I double-nutted a stud from an old housing.
Then did the same to the frozen nut and finally got it off. The end of the "bad" stud became smashed somehow (??).
I used the housing side of the bad stud to clean out the two Mazda nuts.
All is well again and back to reassembling the engine.
I thought about the frozen nut+stud as a bolt, but more than one washer would be need to take up the slack, but if I could not rehab what I had that was the fall-back plan.
I double-nutted a stud from an old housing.
Then did the same to the frozen nut and finally got it off. The end of the "bad" stud became smashed somehow (??).
I used the housing side of the bad stud to clean out the two Mazda nuts.
All is well again and back to reassembling the engine.
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