Re: Installing studs

[bearbvd@domain.elided (Greg Hermann)]

At 8:00 AM 1/16/03, Jonathan Coates wrote:

Make the stud box #2 on the preference list. The _very_ BEST way --to
either install OR remove studs--is to buy a set of stud colletts from
Snap-On and use them.

Greg

>The best way is to use a stud box.
>This is a block of steel, ,usually hexagon shaped to take a wrench on the
>flats, with a blind hole drilled and tapped deep enough to not strip the
>thread, but not deep enough to contain all the threads on the stud.. In the
>bottom of the blind hole is a small piece of copper which allows the stud
>box to unscrew from the stud without unscrewing the stud.
>The next best way is to put two nuts on the thread that doesnt go into the
>casting and lock them together. Use the outer nut to tighten in, then
>unlock the two nuts and remove them.
>the worst way is to use a pipe wrench, vice grips etc. to screw them in.
>This leaves marks on the stud and in the worst case the stud will not fit
>through the hole without causing damage to whatever fits over the stud.
>HTH
>Jonathan Coates
>( mines a 164 3.0 12V 1987 FWD RHD 205/55VR15 located 2 miles north of
>Huddersfield, UK FYI Fred   :-}  )
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