I have a 81 GS1100EX I am working on. Bought it used with 20k on the speedo. Indications are previous owners weren't good with a wrench. Compression 135, 135, 70, 120. I thought that I would retork the head bolts and readjust the valve lash to see if I can bring up the compression on the bad cylinder before venturing into replacing the head gasket and/or doing a valve job. I don't mind doing it, I just don't want to do something unless it needs to be done.
Anyway, while losening the headbolts for retorking the #7 (outside of engine) bolt I accidentally losened the stud from the engine block. I did spray the bolt down with liquid wrench before attempting this. No snide comments please. The bolt was just too rusty. In hindsight maybe I should have use the impact air gun. But this is where I am now. I haven't completely unscrewed and removed it from the engine yet because I don't know if there are any bad consequences to this action.
I have checked both my shop and Clymer manuals but they don't give me an indication one way or the other. My instinct is telling me to unscrew the stud, take it out, put it in a clamp and remove and clean the threads with a die and run a tap through the nut. Then reinstall and have done with it. Am I right or am I venuring into the dark side. Feedback is appreciated.
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