[Shotimes] y pipe removal/installation

[Ron Porter]

Go to my Picture Trail, and the Rod Bearing Job:

http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?username=rsporter

The ONLY drill that was worth a shit was a Carbide drill from Home Depot. I
had to drill the broken studs out of the manifold, which obviously FUBAR'd
the threads in the manifold. I then used the GM studs I bought (see the
PictureTrail), using 3 nuts....one each above & below the manifold to hold
the stud, then the 3rd to hold up the y-pipe.

Ron Porter 

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of colin cooney
Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2003 5:40 PM
To: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: [Shotimes] y pipe removal/installation


What fun!

I have some drilling to do on some exhaust manifold studs, but I was 
wondering, if I put a nut on the remainder of the stud, then reverse tapped 
it and reverse threaded another nut under it, couldn't I just try and 
continue ratcheting the stud out, or is the theory that "it broke once, 
it'll break again" likely to ring true.

Two words came to me after I packed up due to rain "tungsten carbide", I was

making very little progress with my craftsman drill bits, so I'm gonna pick 
one up at the old sears store.

If anyone has the part numbers from an autozone or napa for the new exhaust 
studs, that would be a help. Their online sites need some work.

On a brighter note: it felt pretty good to get back under the SHO for some 
"shadetree mechanic-ing", yeah for about 10 minutes until the asphalt 
started penetrating my brain lobes :)

I've checked out the boards on this , but if anyone has any pearls o wisdom,

I'd sure appreciate the feedback.

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