<VV> frozen rocker arm stud

[Tony Underwood]

At 05:15 PM 4/28/2007, Frank DuVal wrote:
>Wow! I've never had one not release with a breaker bar.... Several 
>have come out with the stud still attached. As Matt said, if that 
>happens, just put the rocker/head stud assembly back in the head and 
>torque as if it had not happened. Putting the head stud in a vise 
>and removing the rocker stud is hard on the head stud, leaves 
>grooves/scratches on it.
>
>Eat your Wheaties.
>
>Grinding the socket was a great idea. Most sockets have a champfer 
>at the end that limits contact with the nut.


??     I thought *Everybody* who takes down 'Vair engines had a 
ground-flat 6 point plug socket for those rocker studs.     I've had 
one for decades.     Wasn't this in a Communique tech tip about 25 
years or so ago...?    I think...  or maybe a newsletter from a 
chapter somewhere.  I dunno.



tony..