Subject: RE: hello and some questions!
Author: stephen brenton
Date: Sep 25, 2002, 4:54 AM
Post ID: 1711080732
ray jones wrote:
| Well, I got engine case beadblasted and the guy who did the blasting pulled the cylinder studs out of the case. The threads on the ends are different depths, does the short side go in the case or does the long side? also, how difficult should it be to screw them in? The one I tried was real difficult, almost felt crossthreaded, but I backed it out and the threads were clean. any tricks to screwing them in? thanks, ray in boston |
Ray-
I think the long end goes into the case, I have pictures that I can
check to make sure. I made a simple tool that clamps around the smooth
portion of the stud to assist in threading the studs in; I prefer it to
the other 2 options, vice-grips or double-nutting. Send me your address
(offline) and I'll loan you the tool. There should be a tight fit of
the threads into the case; you want them to stay put. I used red
loctite when re-assembling my studs. Make sure both case and stud
threads are clean as already described in another reply.
-stephen.