[DML] Re: Stainless Studs In Aluminum

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The idea is to remove stainless nuts from the stainless studs. Studs
themselves stay put.

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Marc Levy <malevy_nj@xxxx> wrote:
> Putting a stainless stud in an aluminum head will
> likley make it so you will never again remove the
> stud.
> 
> 
> --- content22207 <brobertson@xxxx> wrote:
> > Stock exhaust manifold studs are M7x1 -- rather
> > uncommon in carbon
> > steel, impossible to find in stainless steel. Those
> > same holes will
> > tap extremely easily to 5/16x24 (24 TPI is almost
> > identical to 1mm
> > pitch) -- very common in stainless. Tap will thread
> > in as easily as a
> > bolt, which is useful for the studs on cylinders 1
> > and 4 hidden behind
> > the crossmember. Replacing carbon studs with
> > stainless steel would
> > make future removal problem free. Don't forget the
> > studs that hold the
> > manifolds to the crossover pipe (M10x1.5 -- also
> > common in stainless).
> > 
> > Bill Robertson
> > #5939
> 
> 
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