jrmarquez.702 Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Do stud extenders work on the pv cheetah's? ive got a cheetah and tried to put a stud extender in there and the extender's diameter is too big. Could i drill out the cheetah a little? I really dont want to pull the stud off the cases because ive had issues with stud's breaking off before. Any help would be great. Also, if a stud does break off in the case what would you guys recomend? time cert?..... thanks, james. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRed350x Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Yo James! You can do two different things... Take a drill bit and just open up the cylinder a little bit (the bare minimum to fit the cylinder) or run down to your local hardware shop and get some MAP-gas and a torch head. The MAP gas will burn hot enough that it will soften the loctite shit the factory uses to set the studs. Be careful though, because it will also get hot enough to melt the aluminum around the stud, so make sure you concentrate on the stud itself. On my cheetah I removed the shorter factory studs and put in longer ones that would reach the cheetah deck. Drilling the cylinder would be the easier way to go, just be careful to keep your hole true and just take out the minimum to fit the stud extender. - Jared Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrmarquez.702 Posted April 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Sweet, thanks man...... I really hate pulling the case studs.... I'm just gonna put the cylinders on the drill press and remove very little at a time... Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRed350x Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Good luck! I've had to do it that way to a couple of them. Just don't mess with the back-cut for the case stud locator rings. As long as you don't mess those up the cylinders will still sit on the cases straight. - Jared Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcardracing Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 I hate removing metal where it's not needed, I've always pulled the studs and replaced them with the longer ones meant for the rear center. As Jared said, you can warm up the stud to break the locktite...be careful though, you can heat it too much and mess up the heat treatment of the aluminum. Then, it will strip easily. My preffered method is using a stud puller, once it's installed smack it once or twice with a hammer to loosen the locktite then pull it out. -Brandon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcardracing Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 As for your question on removing broken studs. I like to index them in on the mill and machine everything out but the threads. Then use a pic to get the first couple of threads out and unscrew it from there. But you may not have access to that equipment, try a screw extractor set. Try to only drill the stud, not the cases. If the case gets damaged install a time cert if on the outer studs, you'll have to helicoil the inners though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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