Subject: RE: Broken cylinder bolt
Author: David Whalen
Date: Oct 29, 2001, 9:45 AM
Post ID: 1708732999
I had a cylinder head stud break on my 74 eldo right
under the nut. I was riding along at about 60 mph and
suddenly I heard a loud "chink" (when it hit the
inside of the valve cover at high velocity) and then
noticed a sudden decrease in power. I replaced the
stud with a new one. I found that the old stud came
out easily with PB Blaster sprayed in the threads and
vise grip pliers clamped only moderately tightly. I
remember that I couldn't get a torque wrench (to
properly torque the bolt according to specs) on the
deep inside head bolt because I didn't have the right
tool. I've since developed a cylinder base gasket
leak. Make sure you torque that pesky deep inside bolt
correctly or you'll end up like me. Mine was on the
left side.
dw
--- Tim Youtsey <ti-@pctusa.net> wrote:
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Thanks Patrick, I've already got the broken stud replaced and the engine back together. I welded a nut on the end of the broken stud put a wrench to it and backed it right out. I feel very lucky. I stole a replacement stud from the Ambo I'm building. I'm still going to need a cylinder bolt (long one) so I can put it back into the Ambo Tim Patrick Hayes wrote:
Tim,'73 Police, 70'Ambo |
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