Allen, Maybe I'll try the red loctite since tapping on studs with hammer, high-tech lubricant sprayed on studs, and blue loctite did no good: the nuts just turn as one large nut. I'm sure the threads are starting to get boogered up by now. Maybe better than the expensive red loctite (one of 4 different kinds???), maybe I'll try JD Weld although I've never had any luck with that stuff either.
I read SO many horror stories about cylinder head studs, and my exhaust pipe studs are smaller. I never see a conclusion to the stud horror story threads either. I just don't want to twist the stud off into a nub and have to tap it out in that cramped work area. Maybe torching it and welding the nuts on the stud are the only solution??? 20 year old red loctite from the factory is a challenge for non-professional mechanics! Thanks! Phil On Thursday, April 17, 2014 7:02:37 AM UTC-7, Allen wrote: > > You'll see when you jam the nuts together they will lock themselves to the > stud. Then you can install it. Once it is installed just loosen and remove > the nuts, install your pipes and put the nuts on the collars. Use some red > locktite on the studs to keep them from backing out of the head. Don't > torque the studs too much or you can damage the aluminum head. > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > ------------------------------ > *From: * Phil <[email protected] <javascript:>> > *Sender: * [email protected] <javascript:> > *Date: *Thu, 17 Apr 2014 06:50:03 -0700 (PDT) > *To: *<[email protected] <javascript:>> > *ReplyTo: * [email protected] <javascript:> > *Subject: *Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Exhaust pipe studs on cylinder head > replacement > > OK, Thanks Guys! That sounds very good if the threads match up, but if > they are 'jammed' together, turning one nut should turn both tight enough. > When the pipe nut is torqued, it seems like it would also involve torquing > the pipe stud too; since they both torque in the right hand direction (if > cleaned and lubricated). > > Thanks Again Kyle and Allen. > > > On Thursday, April 17, 2014 5:50:11 AM UTC-7, Kyle Munz wrote: >> >> +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] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> > . > 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. 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