Have you fixed a broken off cowl stud?

jimmbomb · Post by **jimmbomb** » Fri Nov 29, 2013 10:28 pm

Im wondering if any-1 here has fixed a rear cowl stud without any welding? ?
Mine us MIA.. musta broke and rolled onto the street somewheres in my great city.
Dammnnnn. There is a hole there now where the stud did protrude.
Crap.
If you did... how did you or your friends do it ??
Thanks all..

jimmbomb · Post by **jimmbomb** » Sat Nov 30, 2013 5:44 pm

Well I got it fixed...
Now this is a 81 Vespa.. and I dont recall if the stella cowl studs are fixed to the cowls the same way.. but..IF they are....
here's how I did it.

The stud broke completely off

This shoulder bolt was recruited to be push in from behind.. had to drill out the hole a bbit more

Locked it down and got ready to bend it

Bending

All bent and cut to length

A bit of duct tape wrapped around the new stud.. and it fits!!!

ps.. this is a vid..so click on the picture
(its got a stupid little commercial that you skip on my mobile)

hope this help others with a similar problem.
Im sure there's other ways to do it, but it's done till this cheap bolt breaks off, then I'll do it again.

az_slynch · Post by **az_slynch** » Sat Nov 30, 2013 7:25 pm

Slip some non-reinforced fuel line over it to insulate it against vibration. Howard broke on off of his Stella, but the rubber insulator kept it in-he bodywork so we can weld it back on later.

jimmbomb · Post by **jimmbomb** » Sat Nov 30, 2013 8:31 pm

az_slynch wrote:Slip some non-reinforced fuel line over it to insulate it against vibration. Howard broke on off of his Stella, but the rubber insulator kept it in-he bodywork so we can weld it back on later.

Good idea..
I notice that the Stellas have a "cap or lid" on the end of the stud to keep the rubber insulator from sliding off.... Sadly.. mine doesn't. .
Gorilla Glue comes mind...

saturnphive · Post by **saturnphive** » Thu Dec 05, 2013 9:48 pm

Genius. Well played sirrah.