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Old 04-09-2012, 01:11 PM
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Default Bravo 1, Stud Removal - Livorsi Drive Shower

I searched using every combination of terms that I can think of. I'm looking for an idea or two on how to remove this stud from the Bravo 1 sterndrive - without removing the cover.


Trying to do this to install a Livorsi Drive Shower.



Install instructions....
www.livorsi.com/pdf/BDSU.pdf

If you have any tips on removing the stud, please share. My first thought is Loctite Red on a nut, then unscrewing the nut/stud as a unit. I don't believe that there is enough room to jamb two nuts together due to the recessed hole.

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I installed a drive shower exactly like that, I just used a 12 point socket to remove bolt. Is yours stripped? Bolt looks like something special but it is not. Your instructions say 3/8" socket.
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If it was a bolt, it would be a piece of cake. Unfortunately, on mine, the fasteners are studs with nuts. Nut came off with a six point socket. Now what to do about the stud???

A bolt comes with the drive shower to replace the stud (bolt is much longer, obviously), as well as a spacer (2.5" tube).

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I installed a drive shower exactly like that, I just used a 12 point socket to remove bolt. Is yours stripped? Bolt looks like something special but it is not. Your instructions say 3/8" socket.
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May as well take the opportunity to drain the oil, look @ gears, remove stud, & replace with a bolt
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Are there enough threads showing to install a "tall" nut then use a bolt into the nut for the shower?
Pulling the back cover is easy. It takes longer to refill the drive.
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Yeah, I just filled the drive, unfortunately. Believe me, I've smacked myself in the head a couple of times already!

Anyway, the long nut and a bolt may work if I jamb them together. ...need reverse threads on one side of the long nut - like a turnbuckle nut. Probably never find one with fine threads, though.
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Shouldn't need reverse threads in the nut. Just use a standard bolt. Must've smacked your head one too many times.
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Why not just drain a quart of fluid out of the drive and remove the cover?

It seems like the mitigating the risk of galling up the stud and not being able to get it out at all-- is worth more than a quart of fluid.
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Originally Posted by Sydwayz
Why not just drain a quart of fluid out of the drive and remove the cover?

It seems like the mitigating the risk of galling up the stud and not being able to get it out at all-- is worth more than a quart of fluid.
+1 Nothing to it but to do it !!!
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weld two nuts together with a couple washer in between them. then bolt in to the nut with few more washers
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