Re: [T3] stripped head stud.

["Jim Adney" <jradney@facstaff.wisc.edu>]

On 28 Mar 00, at 18:08, Mike Wodkowski wrote:

> So now, as I said, #4 stud wiggles. A tiny bit. but its completely chewed
> up.

If it really wiggles, and assuming this does not mean that it is 
about to break off, then you should be able to get it out. The fact 
that it is just a bit loose means that some kind of penetrating oil 
can get in there to keep things from welding together any more; you 
can even use alcohol or acetone or trichloroethylene (if it were 
still legal), but kerosene or liquid wrench would be fine also.

Work this in while you wobble the stud back and forth with a good 
pair of vice grips and see if you can make slow progress outward.

When you do get it out you may find that the old threads are ruined 
and will have to be helicoiled. 

Good luck.
-
Jim Adney, Associate Researcher
Plasma Physics Group, Department of Physics
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
608-262-4643

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