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No cat food required here Mr K although those fucking GC Suns gave it to us sweet revenge mr Ablet,
Coopers is fine with me my good friend Terry as long as we can share it and hang shit on Tom the wrecker.
 
you broke a head stud !!!!
never heard of that before, pulled out of the head, and pulled out of the crankcase yes, oh yes many times,I routinely Timcert all crankcase threads whenever I see them now, lets face it, they have been under tension for 40 years but I have never heard of one that snapped.I have suspicions that repalcement studs are not made of the correct steel to give the spring effect of the stud in tension for the next 40 years
CLEM
 
I noticed some jaw marks in the stud at the interface with the threads.  Probably someone removing it once upon a time.  The other studs do not have this damage.  I will replace the one that broke and leave the rest alone.
 
CLEMTOG said:
you broke a head stud !!!!
never heard of that before, pulled out of the head, and pulled out of the crankcase yes, oh yes many times,I routinely Timcert all crankcase threads whenever I see them now, lets face it, they have been under tension for 40 years but I have never heard of one that snapped.I have suspicions that repalcement studs are not made of the correct steel to give the spring effect of the stud in tension for the next 40 years
CLEM
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Not unusual at all, Clem.  I've seen quite a few, not always the same ones either, so no recognisable pattern that might show up the cause.  Usually on big-bore, hi-comp engines, guess it's just material fatigue.

Then there's the issue of broken casing studs... you ain't seen nothin' yet!:D

piet
 
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