[TR] TR3 Broken Head Stud

[Wbeech@flash.net]

If I see surface pitting on the studs as I am cleaning them, should I go ahead
an replace them?  Or is this just a cosmetic thing?

TIA
Bill


Mobile Bill

On Sep 25, 2010, at 1:08 PM, Tony Drews <tony at tonydrews.com> wrote:

> 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"