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I need someone who can drill a perfect hole and ez out in a few shots. Ummmm unless anyone else has a better idea.

Pretty much a manifold stud that goes into the head NEEDS to come out... The nut got stripped and then I tried cutting the nut off and it became one with the stud and now its like one big head of a bolt that's mushroomed. Help anyone? :(

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really awesome vice grip action?

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Nope. Let me get a picture up.

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i dont know why i was thinking the manifold was off....

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Get a drill bit that is as big or slightly bigger than the stud and start drilling. Once you get to the surface of the manifold the outside of it will just fall off then you can use a vice grip to take the stud out once the manifold is off.

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When I worked at a shop I saw a guy weld on a nut and then use a ratchet on that. Worked like a charm.

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Welding seems like a good option. If you need to you could use our mig.

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For me, welding a nut on and then screwing it out has always been the best & most reliable option.

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Nothing to do but just start drilling! Mark and his dad came over once with some diamond tipped bits, it took a while but they got me out of a similar situation, IM side though. Plus they work for cash and beer, always a plus....but you gotta make it worth their while if you know what I mean....you know, like the difference between peanut butter and jam...

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I would go back to the cutting method and try with a dremel or a cutting wheel on a die grinder. I don't think you can get a cutoff wheel in there. A smaller wheel like a dremel will cut without the fusing like a larger wheel which must have been tried first.

The hard part about drilling now is starting the bit with the rounded head. Would need to try a center punch but would be hard to center it.

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Using 2 nuts works just as well if there is room. Tighten the two together and start backing out the inside nut (closer to the head). Since it doesn't have anywhere to go, it will turn the whole stud. I would try to drill it so you can remove the manifold and try this way if there is room. The vise grip method is a pain on your hands and might be harder to do with such a short stud.

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Yea but you cannot use 2 nuts to fix this fiasco. Could weld a nut onto the mess and try backing it out.

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Quit trying to reinvent the wheel. Drill the damn thing out and be done with it.

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lol

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I would do this, but........... there's no threads left if you look at the picture. there's on flat chunk/head of metal over the hole. My only options(imo) are to drill/easy out or shave it down somehow..........somehow.

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I suppose you could also use a grinder.... Drilling would be hard as you do not have a good surface to start. I would continue trying to cut it off. Try to go slow so it doesn't fuse as easily like before. Just need to cut the nut off. I would start at ~10 oclock and cut part way through, move to 2 oclock and cut part way again and see if you can break part of the nut off.

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I was thinking you might just have enough room to do that when you get the manifold off. I think I would try to cut it off with a cutt off wheel or grinder if it is possible to fit one in there.

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I think my car loves you.

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What he said, but you may have a tough time with a drill bit because of the surface of your stud. Grinding it down will probably be your least pain in the arse option. Then either vice grip, or weld something on and ratchet off.

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I agree with the method of cutting it off flush with the manifold flange. Once you do that and pull the manifold, it will come right off then you can just turn the stud out with a vise grip.