I saw both of those. The larger type I saw. They are available everywhere. I am still looking for the gripping type that you are talking about here. Did you find those at Sears as well? > -----Original Message----- > From: cruznmd [mailto:racuti1@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 12:22 PM > To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [DMCForum] Re: Stud Extraction > > Go to Napa or Sears. They have a stud extractor that I used for my > exhaust studs. None of them broke and they were bad. > > It looks like a large, thick, silver disk (a little larger than a > silver dollar and about as thick as 7 or 10 of them) with a ratchet > fitting on the edge of the disk. Inside of the main disk, is a > slightly smaller disk that pivots at the ratchet point. This thing > grabs the stud by a broad area, not just one tiny point that will > snap. By grabbing such a large amount of the stud, it spreads the > force over the whole thing. > > I used that but 2 of the studs were in a spot that didn't facilitate > ratchet swing room. For those, I used a different type. These are > black steel caps with teeth. You hammer them on to the end of the > stud. They WILL grip and not slip if you hammer them on far enough. > Then you slap the right size wrench on them and the stud comes out. > Not as nice because it does tend to put a lot of pressure on less > area than the other one. > > I still have one head to go. I hope these come out as well as the > others. > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=244522.3512152.4794593.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1595055/R=0/SIG=1247d4o3g/*http://ashnin.com/clk/muryutaitakenat togyo?YH=3512152&yhad=1595055> Click Here! <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=244522.3512152.4794593.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1595055/rand=973712480> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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