To all members of the list, I just want to say , never reuse head studs of
bolts that are suspect. It is cheaper to spend the money for the new
studs/bolts than it is to redo a head and taking the chance of shelling an
engine. Especially with the increased problem of locating parts and their
expense. Why take a chance of blowing several hundred dollars worth of
parts and possibly labor to save 30 or 40 bucks on bolts?
If you do it right the first time, you don't have to do it again at added
expense. Or worse yet, at a higher expense. You can replace a head gasket
for 20 bucks, and cost yourself a thousand if it fails, because your
bolts/studs can't be torque properly. Believe me I know from first hand
experience.
Larry Zink
Z Group Racing and Performance
Houston, Texas
64 Spitfire4
83 Buick Regal (3.8 l Turbo, NHRA Inspected and raced)
---- Original Message -----
From: <barron@solve.net>
To: <rdowty@iso.net>
Cc: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, April 23, 1999 2:13 PM
Subject: RE: Re-use head studs?
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> Ron, I have a TR3 which was rebuilt a few years ago. I took
> it in to the local guru a year or so after it was rebuilt to
> have the head torqued, and he found two of the bolts that would
> not torque due to stretching for repeated removal and torqueing.
> Because of this, proper pressure may not be possible to prevent
> blowing of the head gasket. However, I said OK, and let it go.
> So far, no problem, but I suppose if I ever drive the car exceptionally
> hard, or in very hot weather, I could have a problem. At the
> very least, if a stud is found that has a problem, it should
> be replaced by double nutting it, and backing it out of the block
> while the engine is apart. (just repeating what I've been told)
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> Mike Barron
> 73 TR6
> 60 TR3
> --- Original Message ---
> "Ronald A. Dowty" <rdowty@iso.net> Wrote on
> Fri, 23 Apr 1999 11:12:20 -0500
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> Here's my question: should I ever re-use my head studs? The ones
> I have are
> all blasted and don't appear to be stretched or deformed but
> they have had
> all the coating taken off by the blasting? Should I just paint
> them and
> re-use them, leave them bare and re-use them or just blow the
> $120 or so
> bucks and but new ones?
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