+1 for Allen's answer. I just did this last weekend, two wrenches on two nuts threaded onto the stud, then back out the bottom nut while tightening the top one to jam them together. If you make sure they match up after being jammed you can use one big wrench or socket across both of them. Once the stud is removed or installed, just hold the bottom nut in place with one wrench while backing out the other. Vicegrips or channel locks will destroy the threads.
-Kyle On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 6:39 AM, Allen Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > Use two nuts jammed together on the stud, locktite if needed. If you > install it with plyers you'll ruin the threads. > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > ------------------------------ > *From: * Phil <[email protected]> > *Sender: * [email protected] > *Date: *Wed, 16 Apr 2014 22:41:38 -0700 (PDT) > *To: *<[email protected]> > *ReplyTo: * [email protected] > *Subject: *[Nighthawk Lovers] Exhaust pipe studs on cylinder head > replacement > > Hopefully my last delay in my used pipes adventure were the pipe studs > were bent from hitting the speed bump ( that bent the pipes). > > Is removing the studs (on 1993 Nighthawk 750) as simple as channel-locks > or vise-grips? > As well, is installing them as easy as a rag around the studs with > channel-locks? > > Local Honda mechanics mentioned using pliers to take them out would ruin > them (why would anyone reinstall old studs after they take them out??) > The Honda mechanics answer everything for me though, even if I ask them > the same thing again a couple of months later (it gets hot in So Cal Sun > working on my bike :-) > They have never been wrong, but they do not elucidate so I need to ask > exactly what I need to know, if I can. Maybe its good they do not work on a > bike as old as mine, > or I might not get all the free advice that I greatly appreciate: in > person or on the phone! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
