Fairly big problem

Everything was going good on my BN restoration until I retorqued the head. That went ok, but when I tightened the rocker arm bolt, the stud snapped. From what I"ve read, this is the stud responsible for supplying oil to the rocker arm assembly.

I was able to nicely braze the two snapped pieces together, but I don"t know if that"s good enough. Will silver solder work alright? Or am I asking for more trouble by not getting a new stud, provided they are even available.

Thanks.

ffolkes

Remember, it has to be installed with the OPEN END into the head and the opening in the side has to be below the washer and nut.

Since it is hollow, it will not stand the same torque as a standard bolt of the same size. Go easy on it.

I put the stud back in, and it isn't going down into the head as far as it used to, therefore the broken portion is sticking out above the nut, so there really isn't even any pressure on the silver solder. I torqued it to 40 ft/lbs...50 is what snapped it originally.

Like I said, I'll gladly replace it if they still make that part, but if not, is there any danger in using this one? I think I can answer my own question...if the nut/stud tip snapped again, it could fall into one of the pushrod holes and damage the cam.

ffolkes

Sadly, I didn't get that info anywhere. It just so happened that I had the torque wrench at 50 ft/lbs, and without thinking I pushed, racheted, and snapped it off. That's what I get for getting too caught up in the radio, and not paying enough attention to what I was doing.

I guess I was so used to applying a lot of pressure with an 8" 5/8 open end wrench, that without thinking I applied the same pressure to an 18" socket wrench.

It shouldn't be much of a problem to make a new one though. I don't know if it'd be better to wait until Tuesday and see if Case has it, or make it myself.

ffolkes

K-Mo