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On 4 Nov 2005 at 14:45, Prabhu wrote: > well a nut came off of on of the exaust ports and the exhaust was > leaking so my brother tried to put a nut on there but he used one with > really fine threads, so now the threads on the stud are pretty much > gone. i thought maybe it would be a good idea to remove the stud but > could i possibly just re-thread it? thanks for your help guys. o BTW > the stud is not broken. :) If the stud is still intact, it's worth almost anything to get it to work again. Anything else is much more work. Any attempt to just unscrew the stud from the head will fail, probably with a broken stud. You can try a small die, but they can be hard to get in there. There may be special thread chasing dies made for this that might work well in tight quarters. Every bolt on this car, other than the seat belt bolts, is metric. So I assume your brother has learned a lesson about trying to use random nuts that just looked similar. The exhaust nuts are M8 x 1.25 thread. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~