Re: SS EM Studs

[Huw Powell <audi@mediaone.net>]

> > But aren't steel studs stronger than the aluminum head, too?

> Presumably not much.  My experience has been that the stud will break before
> stripping out the head.  Now if Fred is right and the ss is weaker I cannot
> see ANY reason to convert.  It has not been my experience that rusty studs
> have been the problem.

(1. presumption is irrelevant)

2. the reason the steel stud breaks is because it is corroded, eh?  You
go to retighten the nut and the stud can't take it anymore.

3.  my experience, small as it is, seems to include lots of stripped
threads in the heads requiring heli-coils.  This is because the steel
stud is winning in that battle.

4. harder and stronger are not interchangeable words.

shall we take this to a web site?

PS, after three years, s/s nuts came right off my old studs.  I suspect
most of us take things apart so often they will never seize again, it's
dealing with the 15 year old rusted, untouched factory stuff that is
difficult.

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Huw Powell

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82 Audi Coupe; 84 4kq; 85 Coupe GT; 73 F250

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