1028 starter bolt question ( kinda)

[Ronbo]

Has anyone or is it possible to stud the starter? ( starter to the engine block) Would this be a good idea? I need to get mine rebuilt and was just wondering about studs . If so does anyone make them ( ARP)?
Maybe this spring/summer I'll get my Civi truck sold and put a gas engine in the 1028..I guess I'll wait until them to ask advise about lift kits , gear changes and engine swaps... Thanks for any help . Appreciated

 

[wallew]

UH, I'm a little confused. WHY would you want to put studs in place of the correct start bolts? The correct bolts are less than $10 per and when properly installed - you do have a torque wrench, right - you SHOULD NOT need to do anything else. Having said all that I keep a spare pair in each of my trucks. Nothing worse than losing a bolt and then NOT be able to get the truck started because the starter flexs and can't apply enough torque to spin the engine quick enough for it to start.

Not trying to give you a hard time or anything, but if you broke a properly installed STUD in place of that bolt you will almost have to remove the engine to get it out. At the very least you WILL have to remove the drive shaft (front) and if that doesn't give you access you may have to drop the tranmission.

 

[Ronbo]

Thanks for the reply! Maybe my thinking is wrong ( usually is) But My thoughts were , If I stud the Block for the starter , with some extra super duty studs then I shouldnt ever have to worry about starter bolts again. Or bolt problems in general.. I do appreciate any advise.. Thanks

 

[Atwater]

on my brothers truck we had a starter bolt brake off about 3/4 down in the hole. since we could not get the piece out we tapped the hole to the next size up and use some threaded rod and a grade 8 bolt in the other hole. after fighting broken bolts for some time we were pleasantly surprised that this fix held up for the rest of the time we had the truck.
most of all i would recommend periodically checking the bolts

 

[DokWatson]

UH, I'm a little confused. WHY would you want to put studs in place of the correct start bolts? The correct bolts are less than $10 per and when properly installed - you do have a torque wrench, right - you SHOULD NOT need to do anything else. Having said all that I keep a spare pair in each of my trucks. Nothing worse than losing a bolt and then NOT be able to get the truck started because the starter flexs and can't apply enough torque to spin the engine quick enough for it to start.

Not trying to give you a hard time or anything, but if you broke a properly installed STUD in place of that bolt you will almost have to remove the engine to get it out. At the very least you WILL have to remove the drive shaft (front) and if that doesn't give you access you may have to drop the tranmission.

Um... Ok, done spreading the BS around? A stud would be just as much work as a bolt broken off flush. I don't know if you've ever looked at a stud, its basically a bolt with threads on both ends, in opposite directions. You put a nut and lockwasher on the end you can see, when you want to take the stud out or put it in, you put two nuts on the end and turn it out or in like a bolt. Not very complicated.

Personally I would just stick with starter bolts, but theres no reason why studs wouldn't work using the same thread count and grade 8 hardware.