Valve Cover Studs

**matthai5** · 10-01-2008 01:02 PM

Has anyone replaced their valve cover studs on a B5 A4 1.8? Whoever replaced the valve cover gasket before me stripped a few of the threads on the studs. What is the process to replace the studs? Just twist the old ones out and twist the new ones in? Thanks

**GetBoosted84** · 10-01-2008 06:37 PM

Can you run a die over the threads to clean them up or are they gone?

**matthai5** · 10-02-2008 12:27 AM

They look like they are pretty much gone.

**Pete@IE** · 10-02-2008 01:54 AM

they just unscrew out of the head like any other stud. You can put 2 nuts on them back to pack or use a stud puller. I suppose in a worst case you could try channel locks, but i'd do just about anything before doing that.

**Wizard-of-OD** · 10-02-2008 07:27 PM

Originally Posted by matthai5

Has anyone replaced their valve cover studs on a B5 A4 1.8? Whoever replaced the valve cover gasket before me stripped a few of the threads on the studs. What is the process to replace the studs? Just twist the old ones out and twist the new ones in? Thanks

Take 2 of the valve cover nuts (the ones you removed) and opposite lock them onto the stud.
Get a size 10mm spanner and move in an anticlockwise direction with the bottom nut.
Stud should come out nicely.

**Poopie** · 10-02-2008 08:44 PM

where do you get replacements?

**Pete@IE** · 10-03-2008 01:31 AM

Originally Posted by Issam@034

Take 2 of the valve cover nuts (the ones you removed) and opposite lock them onto the stud.
Get a size 10mm spanner and move in an anticlockwise direction with the bottom nut.
Stud should come out nicely.

Might not work if the stud is already stripped on the top- but i suppose one could always channel lock out the already junk thread, and use the reverse of this technique to install the good one.

I like the stud puller sets, but for occasional use they are a bit spendy.