How to remove/Best place to get Cylinder Studs?

[nouseforaname90]

So on Monday I decided to dismantle my 250R on a whim and "put the 295 kit on quickly". Well let me tell you.. thinking that it was going to be quick was stupid of me. Its been 2 days so far and I am still trying to remove the stubborn studs from my old cylinder to put on the new cylinder. Can anyone tell me an easy way to remove these? I'm beginning to think that there isnt one.
And if I can't remove them, where is the best place to buy them? I searched on bikebandit.com and servicehonda.com and they are both ridiculously priced. $3.50 on servicehonda.com and almost $5 each on bikebandit. I do not really want to pay $30 for some studs.
Can anyone help me?
Ben

[brockfuzzy69]

i would check at a chevy dealership
they have these awesome studs with a special torx head on them that i always thought looked perfect for a job like that

[madmanwithmouse]

Use two nuts and jam them toghter very tightly. then use the lower nut to turn it out. or if you have a good pair of slip-joint pliers they will remove studs too.

[InPiEcEs]

Have you tried a little heat yet? A lot of times it helps, but be careful with aluminum.
Another thing is to spray some penetrant (PB Blaster seems to work quite well) onto the base of the stud. Then put a nut on it, and give it a few sharp raps with a hammer. Sometimes that works. Also, they do make a stud extractor tool which goes on the end of a ratchet, and grips the stud. These work really good, but are pricey.
The only other proper way to turn them is to double nut them and use 2 wrenches, if you wanna re-use them.

[Bryan Raffa]

HEAT the jug around the stud,, the 2 nut deal does work, Vice grips work. I use one of these http://www.napaonline.com/MasterPages/NOLMaster.aspx?PageId=470&LineCode=SER&PartNumber=1708&Description=Stud+Extractor

[honda250sx]

Sounds like a job for Ronnie, have him make some nice new ones for ya.

[sblt500r]

if the studs have been in there since 86, there not gonna come out easy. locking 2 nuts with heat is the best way, but doesn't always work. sometimes those studs just don't want to come out. i've heated studs red hot, and they still won't budge. its a good thing cylinders don't need to have the studs removed to bore anymore!

i have one of those stud removers, they don't work. at least not on really stuck studs. they just bugger up the threads. also have a stud remover that has ball bearings in it, doesn't work either.

[nouseforaname90]

Thank you guys!
I managed to get 4 of them out fairly easily after letting them soak on Liquid Wrench and then using vice grips.. but 2 of them will not come out.
I am going to use the heat and 2 nut trick on these ones tomorrow!
You guys are the best.

[pickleweasel_00]

just remember to heat around the stud, not the actual stud itself. You're trying you expand the metal around the stud, so if you heat the stud only, it's gonna fit tighter. Maybe i need the obvious award here, but just wanna help :beer

[DeePa]

sometimes heating the stud itself loosens junk holding it in place. Heat it til its cherry, let it cool completely, then heat the area around it.

Thats what I usually try.

Mike

[Billy Golightly]

I went through this a little while ago on a 500 cylinder. I heated, PB blastered, vice gripped, double nutted, stud removered, loosened, tightened, loosened, tightened, twisted, and turned and managed to snap 3 off before I quit. :lol: