Mark, You could. But in our shop we replace all the studs if were going to do a exhaust gasket on one side. John Hervey -----Original Message----- From: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of DMCVIN6683 Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 3:34 PM To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [DML] Exhaust manifold questions The studs that are on the heads that hold the exhaust manifold to it are all on my car except 1 has broken off. My question is after i remove and replace the 1 stud cant i just clean the threads on the old studs and leave them alone and reuse them? Do i really need to install new studs? Mark V To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/