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Stud pulled out during top end replacement

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mikesmith:
Or go with a timesert,helicoil works as mentioned to.

John:
Jes,

It would be more expensive to buy the kit and do it yourself than to leave it to a workshop. Most car workshops have the tools to do this. Ask around at your local shops.

//John

Brett:
Yep a helicoil or recoil would de the best option or worst case (generally after these options have also failed) you could loctite a press fit aluminium sleeve with the M10 thread in it.  Interesting note on helicoils did you know that using them for repair of spark plug thread you should use a colder plug due to bad heat transfer through them. ie change from NGK B8EGV to B85EGV

KXcam22:
John is right. It would be cheaper to let a shop put in the helicoil.  I bit the bullet along time ago and bought a full metric helicoil kit - I have had it forever.  I worship it as it has saved me many, many times (my threads only seem to pull out at 2am with a big ride the next morning). Cam.

gowen:
Yes, it is alot cheaper to have a dealer repair this, I also just bit the bullet a few weeks back on a metric set, due to stripping alot of bolts and it adds up. But just for one repair, the cost is next to nothing compared to buying your own set.

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