R33 Stud Removal

[Ceelsishere]

Hey all,

Recently bought a R33 GTST completely stock. Had a bit of an exhaust manifold leak but nothing 'too' major. Anyway just finished putting on a front mount and a boost controller and tweaked the boost basically just above standard, nothing too much at all (just a bit of fun was going to drop it back to standard until the leak was fixed anyway). suprise suprise it blew the gasket...no dramas there as it was only a matter of time anyway.

Started removing bits and pieces and found that the exhaust manifold itself isnt held on by all the bolts and some studs have been snapped off flush with the head. The dousch I bought it off has obviously just chucked it back together and left it as is. The boost lost wasnt that noticeable but obviously now I will be increasing boost (and its already all apart) I'm going to be replacing the lot. What I want to know is has anyone had any dealings with those dudes who come to your house and remove snapped studs/bolts? are they any good etc etc.

Thanks.

[race_snooze]

This is a common fault mate, they do this all the time you need to drill them out (if you cant remove them) and re tap the head, make sure you use high tensile stud bolts and nuts and washers on the replacement.

New gasket will cost you $100 to $150. This has happen to me once and blown gasket twice now. The nuts them selves loosened up the second time. So use some high temp lock tight.

I cant remember who tapped out the last ones but it was not cheap, do it your self if you can other wise look around.

Edited January 14, 2007 by race_snooze

[low200]

hey ceels, had a fella come and remove a stuffed engine mount bolt (or something else massive) for not a bad price on a mates silvia.

I cant recall his name though mate :S i can find out for you though.

[recce]

Ceels, I had the same problem a week ago. Try to tighten one of the nut and the stud snapped. Thinking of DIY but too much work involved. Need to take off the manifold for the 'Thread Doctor" to fix the snapped stud and didn't want to snap any more so decided to take it to ultimate tune in Phillip to get it fix. Replaced all 12 studs, a new gasket and now its sweet.

[MKDR33]

had the same problem.. just make sure that when you get the stud drilled out, that you dont drill too far into the head as you will puncture a whole and develop oil leaks and all sorts of problems..

[Ceelsishere]

Thanks all for your advice. I'll do a bit of ringing around and we'll see what happens...hopefully in time for the weekend!

[mid life crisis]

im in adelaide and had this prob a couple of weeks ago on my sons car 3 broken studs all flush with the head.. we called some dude called captain thread $110 and a hr later all the broken studs were out and all the threads cleaned up he saved us hrs of time . buy a full genuine set of studs the cheap ones dont last and were only about 40 bucks for a full set . 90 bucks for the gasket and it was back on the road all sweet