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Re: Broken Exhaust Stud
Hi Finbar, yes it is a VFR800 that this is from.
I spoke to the nice gents at George Whites and they said they could do it for me and replace the studs and fitting of the new exhaust for £180, so I said yes please.....then he said we cant do it for about 3 weeks....so all of you that bought bikes at the open weekend and are getting them soon I hate you (only cos you have put all other work back).
So I then spoke to BikeTreads and they have said that they could not quote until they see the bike, so I will have to see if my mate can help me with his Van, as GW's said they would even pick the bike up.
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Also some auto-engineers (proper ones) may do it. I snapped an engine mounting bolt off on my fzr1000. They told me to take the bike in, and then the 'diamond-drilled' (which looked more like a reamer than a twist-drill) it out using a big drill-head. They then helicoiled it. Was a £30. Probably a bit far from you though the place i used (price bros engineering, avonmouth), must be somewhere in swindon though.
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I have some stud extractors depending on what size is needed. The studs on my Zephyr were like yours, it fetched them out. Might be worth a try. If you wanna try them let me know.
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You need to be really careful when trying to remove the studs, as I found out, because if you try to drill into the stuck ones and the drill bit snaps, like mine did, you're left with very little option but to take the whole engine to someone to get it taken out.
You could always spend £30 at halfords on their tools for the job, which is thankfully what I did, and do it yourself. You'll also need alot of heat around the area but not too much cos metal tends to melt if damaged and a couple of cans of WD40. It took me hours to get the f'ing things off but it was worth it and deffinately needed [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
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So the Gent Amante used to get his studs out came round tonight and has got the studs out of the VFR now as well, just had an issue with one of the studs so is coming back to Heli Coil it so I have a better fitings stud...
The guys is a star.
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IMHO stud extractors create more problems than they cure. At the enginerring company where I work we remove studs and most come to us with broken off stud extractors, drills etc and the srory is always...."a mate had a go at it for me!!" never admit they did it themselves!! must be a "man thing!"" what we do is to build up the broken stud with a TIG welder so that a peak of weld protrudes from the stud, then we weld a new 6 OR 8 MM nut to the peak,then carefully heat the area with oxy-acetylene torch, the stud will then wind out with a spanner on the new nut. doing it this way means you don't damage the existing thread, just clean it up with a tap. [smiley=thumbsup.gif]