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Thread Author: Skoda	Replies: 6

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Sun 9 Jan 11 17:13

Volkswagen Golf IV - 98 1.6 Replaced OEM rusted stud with bolt - Skoda

I had a locknut rusted to a stud securing the plastic intake manifold to the head. undoing the nut brought the stud out... Nice.

Tried removing the nut from the stud (penetrating oil & double nut on the opposite thread) but no joy.

I've replaced the stud & nut with an M8 bolt I had a packet of, just random garden variety bolt, galvanised.

Am I setting myself up for a fall? I've never used anything other than manufacturer supplied fasteners but it's struck me a few times I'm probably giving myself extra cost for no gain.

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Sun 9 Jan 11 17:23

Volkswagen Golf IV - 98 1.6 Replaced OEM rusted stud with bolt - bathtub tom

Why not just replace the stud with the nut attached?

I tend to give a smear of copperslip to any thread I think I may have to undo again in the future, unless it requires a locking compound, or any other reason for not applying it.

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Sun 9 Jan 11 18:25

Volkswagen Golf IV - 98 1.6 Replaced OEM rusted stud with bolt - Skoda

Ahh, the nut came up a bit before it locked on the thread. With all my attempts to free it the thread is possibly damaged and I'd need to shim the gap with washers.

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Sun 9 Jan 11 19:27

Volkswagen Golf IV - 98 1.6 Replaced OEM rusted stud with bolt - Iffy

...I've replaced the stud & nut with an M8 bolt...

Don't see a problem provided the bolt is of a reasonable tensile strength - is it marked?

I think if the head is stamped '8.8' (nothing to do with the size) that indicates it's made from the right stuff.

And just think when a subsequent owner needs to remove the manifold, he'll be able to suck his teeth sharply and say: "Look at what some bodger's done here." :)

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Sun 9 Jan 11 20:08

Volkswagen Golf IV - 98 1.6 Replaced OEM rusted stud with bolt - bathtub tom

>>when a subsequent owner needs to remove the manifold

It's a twelve-year-old Golf!

Said the owner of a seventeen-year-old Pride.;>)

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Mon 10 Jan 11 10:26

Volkswagen Golf IV - 98 1.6 Replaced OEM rusted stud with bolt - madf

Typical bangeromics.

Compared to what I have encountered in the past, it's sound engineering.

For a start, you used a bolt with the correct thread!

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Mon 10 Jan 11 16:20

Volkswagen Golf IV - 98 1.6 Replaced OEM rusted stud with bolt - Skoda

Haha thanks all.

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