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Exhaust flange bolts broken

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In the process of resurrecting the old 1980 550E I have found more and more neglected and broken stuff!! The latest is broken off bolts in the the exhaust flange area/head. The exhaust that is on it is ugly BUT even with 2 broken off bolts it does not leak. I bought a used OEM system that looks like new but when I saw those broken bolts I stopped in my tracks! I am guessing that extracting them will be a PITA? Since I recently discover it has " cam walk " I am thinking I'll find a used head and have it refurbished and then pull the top end down and go through it from A-Z. Does anyone know of a machine shop that can redo my head?:-k
 
if we dont know where you live, nobody can point you in the direction of a local machine shop. sometimes broken exhaust studs come out fairly easily, you wont know until you get access to them. it is not a difficult job and there are plenty of threads on the site to help you should you decide to save yourself a few bucks and have a go at removing them yourself.
 
I was not really looking for a local machine shop. just some place to send it to. I know falicon does cranks but don't know about heads?
 
Gateway said:
I was not really looking for a local machine shop. just some place to send it to. I know falicon does cranks but don't know about heads?
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is there not a engine builder, or just a decent machine shop nearby? (wherever nearby is!)

any machine shop should be able to help you out, rather than the expense of shipping it out somewhere......
 
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