Re: Re: Exhaust stud removal

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxx>]

Hmm, I wish you had told me that before we removed all those studs.
Maybe we could have chosen a more difficult or time consuming method.

I was under the car with the mechanic. When he said "go", I quickly
removed each stud with a pair of channel locks. They were glowing
cherry red. Saw them with my own four eyes.

No WD-40 either.

I *DO* emphasize, this mechanic is very good with a torch. Knows
exactly when to turn stuck fastener. That's why I travelled 400 miles
to see him.

Don't know how hot aluminum needs to get to warp, but personally would
have been afraid to attack head itself with torch.

Bill Robertson
#5939 (sounds like a DeLorean, not a Doodlebug)


>--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, mike.griese@xxxx wrote:
> DON'T HEAT THE STUD! That will make the situation WORSE.
> You need to have the stud COOLER than the surrounding 
> aluminum. That's why you spray it with WD-40 - to 
> cool it and make it SHRINK.