Ross Aldrich wrote: > I am having one heck of a time trying to remove Corvair head nuts without > ruining them. Anybody have any experience with this problem? Any > suggestions?
>From the CorvAircraft archive: List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: Jul 23, 2003 5:19 AM From: Mark Langford <n5...@hiwaay.net> Subject: Re: CorvAircraft> head nuts Don't forget the old tried-and-true method of drilling two small holes into the nut on opposing sides of the stud (hole parallel to the stud), and then splitting the nuts with a chisel. This completely eliminates the possibility of backing out the studs, but you have to be a little careful not to chisel up the threads. I split every one of my upper head studs because they were so rusty they were pretty much welded to the studs. It took me about 2 hours, but my threads look great and my studs are still firmly in place. You'll never get a "proper" nut splitter down in the area around the nut. There is a CorvAircraft list where this would've been asnwered almost immediately. Send a message to corvaircraft-j...@mylist.net to join. Mark LangfordN56ML "at" hiwaay.netwebsite at http://www.N56ML.com --------------------------------------------------------
