exhaust stud missing. bad?

[NelanCustoms]

i noticed one of the exhaust studs is missing on my headers? easy to replace? would this cause any problems?

[gaillarry]

The exhaust pipe where the stud is missing may leak as it may not be fully seating into the engine block.

Easy to replace, just get a new bolt, and use anti-sieze, but....check the previous bolt isn't broken off in the engine block, a common problem.

[NelanCustoms]

time to get out the snap-on reversable drill bits

[BlackStar]

Uh-Oh. I guess I was real lucky on mine. I thought sure they would be seized.

[beergood]

Careful trying to back out a bit with one of those hardened removal tools. They can shatter, and then you're screwed.

I know because I have a chunk of one firmly wedged into a broken stud on my #2 cylinder. I did it at the beginning of the season. Do you know what I was thinking right before I broke it? I was thinking "I should probably stop before this breaks in there".

Oh well. I bolted on that pipe with one bolt, and it has worked fine. I was telling a buddy who also has a 750 about it, and he said he thought I would probably be okay. The next time I saw him he told me he was checking out his manifolds after our conversation and noticed that he had a broken stud. He had no idea when it had happened, but he bets that he has ridden at least one season that way.

You could potentially run into a problem with an exhaust leak, but I doubt it would be too severe.

This is all assuming that you can't get the bolt out. There are a couple options to try, which you should be able to find by doing a quick search.

[beergood]

Crap, I just re-read your first post, and noticed that you said it was missing, and not broken. I guess I was just wrapped up in my own story telling.

Just go to your local autoparts store and buy a new stud. They should have metric ones for under $2 a piece. I replaced most of mine.

[BlackStar]

OOps I assumed that since he was getting the drill bits out that he found it was broken. Maybe I jumped the gun.

[Guest]

If it ain't broke. Fix it :-D

[salty_monk]

Mine has bolts not studs....

Dan

[beergood]

Mine originally had bolts (which is what is sheared off on mine), but I replaced them with studs. I personally like the studs because it is easier to line things up.