pulled stud !!! advice needed.

[KKV270]

Hi.
I have been working on a rebuild. Unfortunately, having gone all the way to mating the two halves, there's a nut, accoring to the manual, is a very important one, to be torqued first before the main 6 nuts. I wish Id have known...but whoever had worked on the block earlier pulled its threads. I hear the stud holds the cum shaft in firmly. How serious is it carrying on minus that stud?? I have gone so far.....dont mind tracing my steps back to ensure a solid future...but can I confidently do without the stud??? Kindly advice.

Thanks.

The stud/nut is the one next to one of the main nuts, next to cylinder no 1.
Thanks.

[Cribbs74]

I would like to offer advice. Unfortunately I have never gone through a VW engine rebuild. I have done many other engines though.

Could you provide a picture?

One thing I will say is that I doubt there is superfluous hardware that can be dismissed inside the block.

You have a couple options to repair the threads, seeing as the engine is partially assembled a heli-coil would be your best bet at this juncture.

You could have the case welded and drilled, but that would probably require dissassembly.

Ron

[darzoom]

Need to know which stud. To be honest, they were all put there for a reason and are needed. I would suggest a helicoil. If a cylinder/ head stud I would suggest case savers and new studs. Good luck!

[hercdriver]

http://www.noblefix.com/PDF/Helicoil/He ... et-Kit.pdf