Replacing the stud/bolt on a starter?

BigTone · Jan 5, 2012

The treads on the bolt where the battery cable hooks to the starter are stripped bad, I can still get the nut on there enough to hold the cable down but can that stud/bolt be replaced? its on an M....thanks guys

glennster · Jan 5, 2012

yup steiners has the replacement bolt. also, if you have a starter repair shop near you, they will have it.

BigTone · Jan 5, 2012

Forgot I had the parts breakdown, guess you can replace it.

Any idea how difficult it is?

souNdguy · Jan 5, 2012

get a repair stud. all the GOOD mom n pop shops have them.

it's essentially a new short stud with a wide nut shaped base that is hollow and has threads inside it.. you screw it down onto the old stripped stud and then use the top of it as the new stud.

kinda like an oil drian plug repar plug..

I have one on a naa works fine..

soundguy

BigTone · Jan 5, 2012

just looked on steiners and couldnt find it...you have a link by any chance? thanks

pete 23 · Jan 5, 2012

I have replaced many of those studs over the years, have to admit I never saw or heard of that repair stud you referred to. It took a while to develop a good method of doing the job as I could find no one to show or tell me how.

Duner Wi · Jan 5, 2012

When in a bind and don't have a repair stud I use a coupling nut. Put nut on damaged stud and then bolt thru cable into coupling nut.

BigTone · Jan 5, 2012

I acutally just found them in the steiners catalog, im going to check napa tomarrow but if i cant find one im going to my IH dealer..

You said you replaced them before, how difficult was it? any pointers?

souNdguy · Jan 5, 2012

both walts and steiners sell them..

teddy52food · Jan 5, 2012

The stud is insulated from the case & is soldered to the field coils. Takes a good hot soldering copper to do it.

Janicholson · Jan 5, 2012

The original stud is left as is. The repair screws down on the dammaged threads and stays in place as it is. Do not over tighten and twist the original in the case, as it will ruin the connection, or dammage the insulator. Jim.

mkirsch · Jan 6, 2012

The stud can't be replaced without some specialized equipment.

It is SOLDERED to the field coil. You need to get that big hunk of copper hot enough to melt the solder.

Most people have those useless trigger-pull "soldering guns" or wimpy little pencil soldering irons. Those tools won't even touch this job.

You need a big iron that carries a LOT of heat to quickly melt the solder without damaging the wiring inside the starter.

teddy52food mentions a "soldering copper" which is basically a giant soldering "iron" that you heat up in an oven, or with a torch. Most people don't have those just lying around.

Owen Aaland · Jan 6, 2012

The studs are not too hard to change using a torch. Make sure the field coil ends fit into the stud properly and are clean. Leave off all but the inside insulating washers and apply heat to the stud on the outside of the case. Once you have it soldered in you can add the other washers and nut.

I have use repair studs on Ford starters nut they have 5/16 thread. I have never seen one for the 3/8" stud that the Delco starters use.

pete 23 · Jan 6, 2012

I should have added that when you are having problems with the threads, most of the time the soldering inside takes a beating also and gets loosened from field coils. It is one of the main causes of poor starter performance on those old girls.

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