During my install of my springs and camber plates on sunday one of the helpers thought it best to torque the ever loving crud out of one of the nuts holding the camber plate in place. Now, I have a stripped nut or stud...or both. Need ideas for getting this nut off...then I can figure out how to repair the possibly damaged stud. I obviously need a solution that doesn't compromise the stud any more than it already has been (hoping this is minimal). 1)find a nut splitter (don't have one, so would have to purchase) 2)dremmel the nut so that I can pry it apart (only imagining this becoming a nightmare). 3)find someone who knows what the heck they are doing. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Mike
1fastwagon, my honest thoughts would be to just bust that nut off with a airgun and then replace the stud. I have never seen a case where the stud is destroyed but not thet nut or vice versa, not to say it can't happen but typically both of them are destroyed.
yeah, I'm not holding out too much hope for a fully intact stud (another one that taken out of context is just not right). I was hoping for it to be minimally damaged so that I could figure out a workaround...won't know until I get that thing off. I so hate breaking stuff that's brand new
You have a stud and a busted nut...lmao....but on a serious note, you could possibly re-thread, but it probably wont be as strong as before, that would be the main issue
Ok, so to the next thougyht. I think re-threading would be my most likely next step...if feasible. Or, depending on how much of the stud is damaged, use a washer or two to cover the damaged area and then tighten with a nut. Obviously not optimal, but doesn't require much added work. It just irks me that I'm even looking for workarounds here....grrr.
We create interesting problems and many times are in search of innovative solutions. I'm leaning towards a nut splitter...anyone have luck with these (again, keep it in context)?
I wouldn't trust the stud that is in there to hold since the nut is stripped. Even in the best case the stud has been way over tensioned and needs to be replaced. I say put a wrench on it, tighten it until it breaks the stud, pop the bottom of the stud out and replace it with a new stud and nut. The torque spec for those is only 12 ft-lbs BTW.
Erik I do.....trust me I do.... I had the same problem on my rs. I had to change all my stud bolts, because they were stripped out. I eventually hammer all out and replacing new ones.....THANKS U MORRIES MNTK. Few of them I had to cut it out with a SS saw.....good luck
heat nut cherry red... wait... is the NUT rounded or are the threads on the stud itself stripped...?? if so break nut of, hammer stud out and replace... if nut is rounded.. go to Northern tool and get a nut extractor set.. they go over the nut and as you go anti-clockwise they dig into the rounded nut and grab...
holy sh!$ that sucked. And it was the nut that was stripped...I guess the bottom thread on the stud was stripped as well, but that can be re-threaded. After dremmeling and nut splitting for a few hours, it finally came loose. Probably could have gone quicker had I not been so careful not to hit the stud. I'll probably take a look at the stud now that I can actually get the shock assembly out. I kept that damn nut as a souvinir. Manufacturer said 15 ft-lbs...but I'm pretty sure these were nearing 30 ft-lbs. I hope my buddy asks me to work on his car now, "sure, I'll get your coilovers nice and tight on the strut towers".
