Santa brought me broken water pump studs
12-29-2009, 11:51 AM
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Well... Followed my machinist's advice about drilling out the studs, apparently I barely missed the center of the stud and every successively larger bit was a bit farther and farther off center. Now I have a stud that's still in there, and I'm hitting the block on one side. Jesus, what a mess.
12-29-2009, 12:01 PM
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Well... Followed my machinist's advice about drilling out the studs, apparently I barely missed the center of the stud and every successively larger bit was a bit farther and farther off center. Now I have a stud that's still in there, and I'm hitting the block on one side. Jesus, what a mess.
12-29-2009, 12:40 PM
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Lart, appreciate the offer but I think I'll keep trying to get the studs out and fix the threads before I switch over to a new block. I've already got the entire front and bottom ends installed, minus the water pump.
12-29-2009, 12:41 PM
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Well... Followed my machinist's advice about drilling out the studs, apparently I barely missed the center of the stud and every successively larger bit was a bit farther and farther off center. Now I have a stud that's still in there, and I'm hitting the block on one side. Jesus, what a mess.
12-29-2009, 04:25 PM
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I apologize, and so should your machinist, for not emphasizing enough now important being centered in the bolt is. If you see your center punch is off a bit and can’t correct it with the first drill bit, you should at least stop before hitting the threads in the block. There is defiantly a skill/ technique involved.
I like the idea URG8RB8 describes, sounds like JB weld.
Maybe a photo will help us steer you from here.
I like the idea URG8RB8 describes, sounds like JB weld.
Maybe a photo will help us steer you from here.
12-30-2009, 07:14 PM
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Well, I'm taking the block to the machinist next week to let him sort it out. I'm at the point that I just want the studs out, and I don't care how much it costs or how long it takes, just that it's done. I should have listened to my gut feeling and just brought him the block in the first place. Apparently I'm a half-way decent mechanic, HORRIBLE fabricator.
01-18-2010, 05:36 PM
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Got the engine back from the machinist today, he drilled out the existing studs and did it in literally no time at all. Simply amazing what a bit of experience can do. Or years of experience, for that matter. Anyway, Santa's OTHER present, a new WP, will be going in tonight!
