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: