floss wrote:
Started to tension the rocker studs up and it just kept turning. I was only gonna torque to 15 and then torque up to 25 but I managed to shag the stud before then. pulled it out and cleaned up the thread. Had another go and shagged another one. Turned it down to 10 and it clicked, wound up to 20 and POP. So I have shagged 3 studs/nuts by the time I was finished and wanted to punch something. Gave up till next week when I can get more studs. Any ideas what I did?
did you put the studs in by locking 2 nuts together on them? I had the same experience as you one day, the next day I went and bought a pair of stud removers, one 3/8" and one 5/16" - looks like a spark plug socket, but has a lovely cam action locking thing inside that undoes and does up studs - and doesn't damage the threads like can easily happen when you lock 2 nuts together
magic tools
floss wrote:
Tried to put in my new engine mounts with captured nuts. doing it up and the captured nut gives!!! Had to get on it with a vice grip and got it off. Got it sorted out and spent about 4 hours trying to get the engine in. GAWD DAMN i was annoyed. Pulled out the engine and had a look at the new mounts. They are both half a centimetre shorter and I think that is why they would not fit.
f*ck that... buy the normal ones and weld nuts on yourself
floss wrote:
Managed to knock over a bottle of metho and a tray of 50 or so assorted nuts and bolts at the same time, chip the paint, skin my knuckles, lie down in a pile of grease and Spill uni joint ball bearings. Thank god I go back to work next week.
bum hey
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