I got under my car to drop the motor and found this
a missing exhaust stud
fortunately it wasn't broken off
I searched on pelican for a m8-1.25 x 55 and didn't find anything that looked like it would work. I found a stud at the local Ace hardware. Its steel and with the right threads and a little shorter than what is on the car now.
This car originally had the thermal reactors and a previous owner got rid of them.
the stud that came with the car has a reduced shank, maybe for better fatigue properties
some of the other studs look kinda iffy, they're rusty and the thread fit is really loose, or they will be after I clean them
I'm considering replacing all the studs with new and I'd like to get some opinions. The studs from Ace seem OK and in an emergency I'm confident they would work fine.
I'm also worried about breaking a stud if I try to remove them. I don't plan on putting huge amounts of miles on the car but I don't want to have any problems on a road trip.
so should I replace all? are the generic studs from ACE ok? are new studs with the reduced shank needed?
thanks