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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: San Carlos, CA US
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exhaust studs rant
I was bitten by the exhaust stud virus yesterday. I had to change an oil hose out and one of the headers had to come out. Five nuts came out with the studs attached to them. One, a barrel nut, was so deep onto the stud that there was not enough room for the hex bit to bite so it stripped. The barrel nut had to be drilled out, then the stud had to be drilled out. What a pain. !!! I won, but the battle was hard fought.
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