STUD LENGTHS

[Tippie]

"I made the omelette with a bit of diced potatoes and some diced mushrooms."
that's not an omlette its a Tortilla and not the Mexican type but the Spanish type.

Russ, no harm whatsoever in both applications using threaded rod, (ie studding) no one sees them, the threads are rolled not cut and are stronger, I use hexagon hand made, closed end, sleeve nuts for the exhausts so that there is no exposed threads outside the nut, and hence no rusting, I also lockwire them via 1.5 mm drilled holes.
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I have seen threaded rod used as emergency repair a few times to replace studs and they have failed. Maybe there is a difference in available qualities.

 

[Vince]

If it were me I would be upgrading to ARP. I think it's case threads that are the weak point though.