Snapped Stud Woe's

[ramotdm]

Well the bstid snapped stud sydrome happened to me last week,

 

what a twat, I needed to remove the headers to access the 3 sidestand bolts bolts directly above the downpipes,

 

3 came off easy, the 4th was a no no,

 

over 2 days I I froze, heated  squirted all kinds of stuff onto the broken stud, I even used some of the "special lube" Cliff gave me, but it would

 

not move, I bet my neighbors loved me, keep running the bike up temperature with no exhaust on, 

 

So the call had to be made to Lee, Lee any chance of getting me out of the poo???

 

I explained what the issue was, Lee all calm and collected, thats not the end of the world, I'll get my some TDM bits together and

 

pop up Monday,

 

What a star the man is, up Monday on the Megatron, job sorted in a few hours, walk in the park for him, brilliant,

 

I did have the option of getting a nut welded on locally or by Lee, but after a good dose of looking at decided to not go that way,

 

purley because the protruding part of the head where the stud screws in does not have a lot of meat in it, last thing I wanted was to buy a new

 

head from Fowlers @ £2374  (looked at a few 2nd hand ones all ratty, no black ones)

 

anyway job sorted again by a top forum member Lee , I could not thank him enough, brilliant Lee cheers :good:  :good:

 

 

 

 

[Catteeclan]

What was Lees method?

[ramotdm]

What was Lees method?

 

Drilled it out and retapped

 

Lee has a jig which one end of it bolts onto a good stud,  the other end has an attachment, that fits over the damaged stud,

 

the attachment for accepts various sized sleeves that allow drill bits to pass through them to the broken drill the stud,

 

he starts with a small drill bit and gradually increses the size, its a slow laborious process, lots of patience is required, its a great bit of kit,  

 

for my part It involved prayer's and dancing with joy when finished,

[leehenty]

I came up with the jig years ago when Moose snapped off three out of four on his mates bike. 2011 to be exact.



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This post was last modified: 25-03-2026, 04:49 PM by leehenty.

[Snowbird]

We have a couple jigs made up at work like that for those jobs that regularly need drilling, keeping it centred is the key.

Good work Lee.  :good: 

[Catteeclan]

I came up with the jig years ago when Moose snapped off three out of four on his mates bike. 2011 to be exact.



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I remember the jig now. Top man.

[drewpy]

happened to me too. 

made a jig as tried the weld method to no avail.

 

put brass nuts on which seem to help

[leehenty]

I should mention the cake, home made, fresh cream and very large. Absolutely first class. Moose sized portion.

This post was last modified: 25-03-2026, 06:23 PM by leehenty.

[LIAW]

great stuff, I've had to drill broken studs out before but by eye (I used to have a good 'eye', not so much anymore), sounds like that 'jig' method is an idea worth marketing  :good: