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Offline cj8990

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New or reused head studs and nuts?
« on: June 22, 2016, 03:35:36 PM »
Should I reuse my old head studs or order some new ones?

Also on one of them the whole stud came out and not just the nut during disassembly.. if I do reuse am I fine to just put the whole stud in and torque to spec or should I remove the nut (its on there pretty good) and torque the stud in and then the nut?

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Offline MickB

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Re: New or reused head studs and nuts?
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2016, 03:36:34 PM »
Reuse them, as long as they're in good nick.

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Re: New or reused head studs and nuts?
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2016, 03:46:17 PM »
Cool.. as for retorqueing the one stud that came out then I should probably get the nut off.. torque stud to 8 lb and then during reassembly torque the nut down?

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Re: New or reused head studs and nuts?
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2016, 05:40:25 PM »
Cool.. as for retorqueing the one stud that came out then I should probably get the nut off.. torque stud to 8 lb and then during reassembly torque the nut down?

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Re: New or reused head studs and nuts?
« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2016, 07:29:59 PM »
Why take the chance?  Just buy new ones and be don't worry about them.  Buy APE studs if you REALLY want to be sure they're secure!
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