removing head studs

i broke one off about 1/8 inch down inside the block.

I"ve tried everything mentioned above, none of it worked. been drilling on the thing every weekend for about 3 weekends now. Hoping that once i get all the way through it will relieve some of the pressure and i"ll be able to back it out with a reverese drill bit.

Tex

Let it cool to ambient, then repeat. NEVER EVER try to move the stud while it's hot or even warm.

Trying to move the stud while HOT tends to make the stud and the surrounding metal "gall", and literally weld to each other.

Heating the the stud, letting it cool, and repeating several times makes the stud get LONGER, and SHRINKS it away from the surrounding metal.

I spent a lot of time in the shop in my younger years, with my late Uncle, who was good friends with a real Swedish blacksmith. This was one of his "tricks", and it DOES work. I use it to this day.

Or, if you have an arc welder, weld a flat washer to the brokeb stud, burning the weld into the stud as much as possible, to heat it as much as possible. Then, weld a good-sized hex nut to the washer, to privide something tho turn the broken stud out with.

Once again, let it COOL to ambient, before wrenching on it.

If the washer breaks off of the stud, repeat the process, several times, if necessary, until the stud lets good.

I can't see any reason NOT to put studs back in. They use the full depth of the threads in the block, making it as easy as possible on the threads in the block, and are easy to seal to the block to prevent water leaks.

Mine are bolts.

There are good reasons to go with studs, and other good reasons to go with bolts.

Maybe one or two of the others will give you those reasons.

I'ma bout too drunk too...

You need a good cutting torch, but not to cut but to heat, heat to RED.

I use Oxy, Propane.

I own the torch, and the tanks, they last me long time, without refill.

Not many stuck bolt problems I can't solve, easily.

But there is quite a bit of experience worked in there too.

It is a touchy feely thang.

Just like foolin wif a woman!!

Sometimes thangs don't go jest right, but you do learn from those (bad times)..

Exaust manifold bolts er where I am coming from.

I have never broke one of them rusty summma well.

Always got em out..

I even had my BROKE bottom lift pin turning, by welding bolts on it with a stick welder, fore I figgered it wasn't gonna screw out cause it had a castle nut with a cotter pin on the inside fore I gave up on that one!!

I shore am glad that someone can translate what I am talkin about fer me... well somtimes..

The old man was covered with tattoos and scars
He got some in prison and others in bars
The rest he got workin' on old junk cars in the daytime
They looked like tombstones in our yard
And I never seen him when he wasn't tired and mean
He sold used parts to make ends meet
Covered with grease from his head to his feet
Cussin' the sweat and the Texas heat and mosquiters
And the neighbors said we lived like hicks
But they brung their cars for pa to fix anyhow
He was veteran-proud tried and true
He'd fought till his heart was black and blue
Didn't know how he'd made it through the hard times
He bought our house on the GI Bill
But it wasn't worth all he had to kill to git it
He drank pearl in a can and Jack Daniels black
Chewed tobacco from a mail pouch sack
Had an old dog that was trained to attack sometimes
He'd get drunk and mean as a rattlesnake
And there wasn't too much that he would take from a stranger
There were thirteen kids and a bunch of dogs
A house full of chickens and a yard full of hogs
I spent the summertime cuttin' up logs for the winter
Tryin' like the devil to find the Lord
Workin' like a nig*er for my room and board
Coal-burin' stove no natural gas if that ain't country I'll kiss your arse
If that ain't country it'll hairlip the pope
If that ain't country it's a da*n good joke
I've seen the Grand Ole Opry and I've met Johnny Cash
If that ain't country I'll kiss your arse
[ steel ]
Mama sells eggs at a grocery store my oldest sister is a first-rate w*ore
Dad says she can't come home anymore and he means it
Ma just sits and keeps her silence
Sister she left cause dad got violent and he knows it
Mama she's old far beyond her time
From chopping tobacco and I've seen her cryin'
When blood started flowin' from her calloused hand and it hurt me
She'd just keep workin' tryin' to help the old man
To the end of one row and back again like always
She's been through hell since junior went to jail
When the lights go out she ain't never failed
To get down on her knees and pray because she loves him
Told all the neighbors he was off in the war
Fightin' for freedom he's good to the core and she's proud
Now our place was a graveyard for automobiles
At the end of the porch there was four stacks of wheels
And tires for sale for a dollar or two cash
There was fifty holes in an old tin roof
Me and my family we was livin' proof
The people who forgot about poor white trash
And if that ain't country I'll kiss your arse
If that ain't country...
I'm thinking tonight of my blue eyes concerning the great speckled bird
I didn't know God made honky tonk angels and went back to the wild side of life

And it still wasn't the way i wanted to post it.

If That Ain't Country Lyrics

Good luck,
Dan