adk683

i changed my head gasket and put arp studs on and from what ive figured out that one of the holes in the block for the head stud is stripped what can i do i need this back on road asap
i wish the search would work

Ogubudiah

oh simple, 4 easy steps...

1. clean the hole out
2. warm up the stud in the oven
3. fill hole with jb weld
4. now reinsert the stud (try to get it straight)...and give it a day to cure!

adk683

omg if its that simple thank you very much have you done this before

Smith-02

we've all done it, how do you think we make 400hp on stock blocks?

Cray91

Someone should make some sort of tool that can re-thread the hole or put new threads in.

eg_project

(its called Time-sert or helicoils)

DAVe

i was gonna say helicoil... the only thing with that is after tapping for the coil.... it might be a challenge getting the metal filings out of the hole.... i guess it could be vacuumed from the block....

but if you are trying to be quick about it the jb weld will work also...

adk683

so i dont detect any sarcasism on the jb weld thing does it really strength the block threads? and alot of you have done it? and you just do it to every hole? sorry for the questions i just want to get in over my head

DAVe

i've definitely seen the jb weld method work before on stripped threads before.... bot not for a head stud..... I would think the safer, more correct way would be to get a helicoil kit... it will re-thread your existing thread and should be more of a guaranteed fix.

ifly87

if it were me i wouldnt dump any jb weld in there, thats just not right.