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So....got the carb off today and began the top end tear down. All went well until I came to removing the front head.
The cylinder base stud on the intake manifold side decided to come out with the screw. Fortunately there was enough clearance to get the front head off.
Then came the rear head....and of course the learning curve just got a bit steeper (and more expensive).
The rear exhaust stud came out with the screw. There is no way to fanagle that bolt and stud to clearance the backbone of the frame and remove the rear head. So unless someone has Bullwinke-esk abilities to pull the rabbit out of the hat, I only see two outcomes. I can pull the motor or I can cut the stud and insert a replacement.
And it looks as tho Colony sells replacement studs.
Last edited by panz4ever; Mar 24, 2022 at 09:50 PM.
If you can get a bolt cutter in there I would try that but other than that I wouldn't use any kind of cutting tool only because of all the metal fibers that would be going all over the place.. At that point I would probably pull the motor..
Is there a chance you could apply heat to the visible part of the head bolt to expand it a bit, then grip the stud with a vise grip and hopefully remove the head bolt? If successful, replace the bolt and the stud.
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