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If a stud is backing out, it could have simply be from it being installed improperly to begin with. \\ | If a stud is backing out, it could have simply be from it being installed improperly to begin with. \\ | ||
It is possible that the stud turned when the head cap nuts were removed. \\ | It is possible that the stud turned when the head cap nuts were removed. \\ | ||
- | Heat plays a role in what happens to the studs / nuts also and can lock the cap screw tighter than the stud is to the case. | + | Heat plays a role in what happens to the studs / nuts also and can lock the cap screw tighter than the stud is to the case. \\ |
So it is possible that the top nut was just tight to the stud before breaking loose. \\ | So it is possible that the top nut was just tight to the stud before breaking loose. \\ | ||
First try and remove any studs that back out and check the threads in the case as well as the stud. \\ | First try and remove any studs that back out and check the threads in the case as well as the stud. \\ |