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A real challenge....
Impossible to remove, just how seized do these get? I used a pipe wrench and turned in a CCW direction until the thread piled right off.
Has anybody attempted to remove these?
I'm afraid to apply any more pressure I feel that the aluminum thread might get damaged.
Has anybody attempted to remove these?
I'm afraid to apply any more pressure I feel that the aluminum thread might get damaged.
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EZ out is for when its broken off flat with the housing
for the OP-- use a propane torch to loosen the stud before having another crack with stilsens
else there is actual stud removing tool that locks onto the thread and allows you to do this less painfully without risk to the threads
for the OP-- use a propane torch to loosen the stud before having another crack with stilsens
else there is actual stud removing tool that locks onto the thread and allows you to do this less painfully without risk to the threads
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get a big pair of vice grips and lock it on as tight as you can get it. then rotate it back and forth, if you keep going in one direction it'll just eventually snap off. back and forth. aluminum corrodes like a sonfoa when it contacts steel. you just have to break the corrosion then once it's moving 2 steps forward, one back.
if you break the stud off then you'll have to pull the motor. drill in the exact center of the stud. then try using an easy out. more then likely you'll have to drill it out until only the threads of the stud remain, then use a pick to work them out.
if you break the stud off then you'll have to pull the motor. drill in the exact center of the stud. then try using an easy out. more then likely you'll have to drill it out until only the threads of the stud remain, then use a pick to work them out.
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With the torch I belive it will strengthen the stud a bit more allowing it to come out more easily.
On another note, here is a posting on ebay a guy selling a pair of studs. Unbelievable that someone be selling a pair of used studs, yetalone the guy was lucky enough when he was removing them.
http://compare.ebay.com/like/1903151...=263602_304662
On another note, here is a posting on ebay a guy selling a pair of studs. Unbelievable that someone be selling a pair of used studs, yetalone the guy was lucky enough when he was removing them.
http://compare.ebay.com/like/1903151...=263602_304662
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I'm not a metallurgist but i believe these stud tend to break due to them being heat cycled so much. heating it removes the hardness, less brittle less breaking. to normalize the stud you'd have to heat them to 750*C (i think) then slow cool them buy wrapping with insulation or burying them in sand.
heating them will also make them expand, the surrounding aluminum expands faster so putting a little bit of heat into the aluminum might not be a bad idea but be very careful not to over do it.
heating them will also make them expand, the surrounding aluminum expands faster so putting a little bit of heat into the aluminum might not be a bad idea but be very careful not to over do it.
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