[Vwdiesel] broken stud

Sandy Cameron scameron at storm.ca
Sat Jan 26 06:16:24 PST 2008


At 11:15 PM 25/01/2008 -0800, you wrote:
>I was removing the water flange on the end of the Head on my Jetta today and
>broke off the stud that secures the water pipe and flange.  There is about
>one quarter inch sticking out.
> 
>I imagine its probably going to be a one time try so looking for suggestions
>from someone who's been there.
> 

heat  the end of it with a small acetylene tip, to a dull red heat if possible, 
Let it cool to harden a little, attack with vice grips, a new set with good
jaws, if available



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