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Originally posted by dtw
Someone can explain this better than me, but the way I understand it, bolts into the case place the force on the threads in the case, which it was not designed to withstand. Studs are threaded into the case, and then when a mating component (trans, head, engine mount, what have you) is placed onto the stud and sandwiched in between the case and the fastening nut, the torquing force is placed on the stud, not the case.
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Either way the threads see the same load ....
I had to go slightly deeper due to the pulled threads. That makes my stud length iffy.
I'm trying heli-coils in two places, if they pull I will 'up-size' to case-savers.