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1. TR6 stuck head-request for help (score: 1): Author: "shawmon" <shawmon@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 16:55:39 -0800; Hey Listers, I've run into a problem removing the head on my TR6 and have run out of ideas. Using the rope trick I have the head mostly released, EXCEPT for one point at the right-hand front-most stu; /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg00538.html (8,366 bytes)
2. RE: TR6 stuck head-request for help (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 17:22:45 -0800; Have you tried taking all the other studs out, then turning the head to unscrew the one that's stuck ? Might have to take the engine out of the car, though. Randall; /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg00540.html (7,845 bytes)
3. RE: TR6 stuck head-request for help (score: 1): Author: "Peter Ryner" <pryner@verizon.net>; Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 20:46:52 -0500; Invest in a stud removal tool. It grabs the stud and turns it out from the outer diameter vice a very small surface with an easy out. It will screw up the stud, but its already screwed up anyway. I g; /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg00542.html (9,420 bytes)
4. RE: TR6 stuck head-request for help (score: 1): Author: John & Patricia Donnelly <pdonnel1@san.rr.com>; Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 18:58:20 -0800; Reminds me of the joke "how many ____ does it take to screw in a ______ "? Send America's Funniest Videos a copy, it'll win the $25,000 prize. Johnnie On Wednesday, March 16, 2005 5:23 PM, Randall [S; /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg00549.html (8,298 bytes)
5. Re: TR6 stuck head-request for help (score: 1): Author: "Mark" <mini@nashvilletn.org>; Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 21:21:51 -0600; I have had limited success with reverse drill bits. They actually cut ccw (looking down on it) often will back them out before they drill them out. Mark Nashville; /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg00551.html (8,285 bytes)
6. RE: TR6 stuck head-request for help (score: 1): Author: Barry Schwartz <v6spitfireguy@cox.net>; Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 04:35:00 -0800; You laugh, but this is exactly how I removed a similar stubborn stud from my GT6 way back when. I was fortunate in that the stuck stud was in an area that, with the swing up bonnet, I WAS able to tur; /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg00558.html (8,718 bytes)
7. Re: TR6 stuck head-request for help (score: 1): Author: "T. S. White" <tswrace@pacbell.net>; Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 06:40:58 -0800; If a stud removing tool doesn't work you can go to extreme measures. Weld a good nut to the top threads of the stud and then get a long breaker bar on it. -- Best Regards, Tom; /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg00562.html (8,025 bytes)
8. RE: TR6 stuck head-request for help (score: 1): Author: "Jim Bauder" <jimbpps@cox.net>; Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 08:53:26 -0700; I also have used the Sears type stud remover and it does work. But at some time in the past my Sears stud puller grew legs and was lost. I replaced it with one from Napa with essentially the same des; /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg00565.html (10,968 bytes)
9. RE: TR6 stuck head-request for help (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 09:37:29 -0800; Interesting. I'm still using the one I think I got from Sears almost 30 years ago, and it has almost no wear at all. But I wouldn't describe the gripping surface as 'knurled', instead it has milled; /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg00566.html (8,901 bytes)
10. RE: TR6 stuck head-request for help (score: 1): Author: "Jim Bauder" <jimbpps@cox.net>; Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 11:14:32 -0700; I was only going from memory regarding the Sears tool. The Sears tool may have been built such that it would have worked better than I described. I did check my Sears tool catalog and couldn't see th; /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg00568.html (9,837 bytes)
11. RE: TR6 stuck head-request for help (score: 1): Author: "Michael Marr" <mmarr@nexant.com>; Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 12:38:47 -0600; Try this for size: http://www.joemars.com.tw/e/p7.htm Michael J. Marr, P.E. Naperville, IL 1960TR3A; /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg00570.html (8,034 bytes)
12. RE: TR6 stuck head-request for help (score: 1): Author: "Michael Marr" <mmarr@nexant.com>; Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 12:44:48 -0600; And here's an article by a guy that did just that: http://pico-systems.com/edm.html Mike; /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg00571.html (8,639 bytes)
13. RE: TR6 stuck head-request for help (score: 1): Author: CarlSereda@aol.com; Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 14:26:09 EST; To release rusted together TR6 head from bolt I would try using some heat (propane torch with MAPP Gas etc) on head casting around the rusted bolt (don't heat bolt directly - in fact, icing it can h; /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg00573.html (8,650 bytes)
14. Re: TR6 stuck head-request for help (score: 1): Author: "Graham Stretch" <technical-iwnet@wight365.net>; Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 22:31:21 -0000; Hi Carl I would suggest exactly the opposite, heat the stud as hot as possible without heating the head too much, the principle is that the expansion of the stud crushes the crud that is seizing thin; /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg00582.html (9,075 bytes)

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