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CVO Technical => Twin Cam => Topic started by: efrbc1 on February 17, 2019, 03:04:12 PM
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'03 Road King TC88 motor. Built it to 95" in 2007. 70K on it and I have a small oil leak at the back of the rear cylinder. Shop that did the machine work suggested that I replace the cylinder studs during the head gasket replacement. Looks pretty straightforward - 4 studs. Anything I should expect going into this with steel studs into an aluminum case for 16 years?
Thanks.
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'03 Road King TC88 motor. Built it to 95" in 2007. 70K on it and I have a small oil leak at the back of the rear cylinder. Shop that did the machine work suggested that I replace the cylinder studs during the head gasket replacement. Looks pretty straightforward - 4 studs. Anything I should expect going into this with steel studs into an aluminum case for 16 years?
Thanks.
When I did mine I had real good luck when I heated with a heat gun at the base of the stud area. I one person heat area and the other break the stud free after heat was on it for a couple minutes.
This was on studs from a 99 sportster replaced last year so pretty much 20 years on the bike.
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A propane plumbers torch will work too. Warm the aluminum, try not to heat the studs.
fyi Good luck!
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'03 Road King TC88 motor. Built it to 95" in 2007. 70K on it and I have a small oil leak at the back of the rear cylinder. Shop that did the machine work suggested that I replace the cylinder studs during the head gasket replacement. Looks pretty straightforward - 4 studs. Anything I should expect going into this with steel studs into an aluminum case for 16 years?
Thanks.
You can get a stud removal tool from Snap-on or another tool company. That will help allot too.
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I wouldn't even mess with them,as long as they take the torque,their not pulling out the threads
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I wouldn't even mess with them,as long as they take the torque,their not pulling out the threads
I tend to agree with that theory.