Plasticine exhaust manifold studs😱😱😱😱

[JohnnyG46]

This caused a lot of anxiety,simple job becomes a 3 day nightmare,eventually had to hammer a female Torx socket on to the end of the broken stud,every turn I expected it to snap again…..

 

[West Cork Paul]

Did you try double nuts? - once the original nut and exhaust was off

 

[JohnnyG46]

Did you try double nuts? - once the original nut and exhaust was off

No,there wasn’t any thread left to get nuts on

 

[West Cork Paul]

No,there wasn’t any thread left to get nuts on

I hate that
Been there, done that

FYI, this is your friend for all future similar situations

 

[Laava]

So they are made of plasticine to the female threaded head casting and high tensile thereafter?