[TR] TR3 Broken Head Stud

Tony Drews tony at tonydrews.com
Sat Sep 25 13:08:47 MDT 2010


You just need to make sure it's screwed into the hole all the way, 
little if any torque is needed.  Double nutting the other end and 
running it down until it doesn't turn any more is normally enough.

- Tony Drews

At 01:31 PM 9/25/2010, wbeech at flash.net wrote:
>I guess this is the best of a bad situation.  I pulled the head and there
>was enough stud that I could get to it with some vise-grips and remove the
>balance.
>
>If the proper torque for the head bolts is 105#, is it correct to assume I
>need to torque the studs into the block at 105# ?
>
>It's a Good Day! (sort of)
>
>Bill
>
>Bill Beecher
>'58 TR-3A TS30766L  "Tarbaby"
>www.triumphowners.com/1566
>"A Triumph is man's best friend, it always comes when it is called...of
>course, some times it is difficult to make it go"


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