****HELP NEEDED**** PEUGEOT Rocker cover

[tailor1234]

ok so i had the rocker cover off doing my valve clearances, put it all back togetther and took it out for a drive. It sounded much better than before but i could hear that it wasnt quiet right yet so i took it home, let it cool, and gave them another go. whilst tightening the rocker cover on SNAP!! the rocker cover nut sheared off the stud that comes from the engine. Now i read a few forums just saying to extract the stud and get another one but the stud dosent go into the cylinder head.Its the left one

some advice would be much appreciated i am stuck with no car pulling my hair out because of a flippin bolt!!!
thanks

[Benj1984]

Don't understand what you're asking? What do you mean it doesn't go into the cylinder head, and of what relevance is it that it does or doesn't?

[tailor1234]

is it just a stud? if it is where can i get a new one?

[tailor1234]

[MangledMetal]

Funnily enough I was doing a gasket on one o these last night. They really don't seem to have enough thread on them do they? Must admit I was a little worried about them.

Try tightening two m6(I think) nuts together on the remaining thread, should be able to use the bottom one to undo the stud.

Tobe

[s p a c e m a n]

That should just unscrew out of there, peugeot should stock them or go to a breakers and get one.

[Impasse]

If you unscrew that all the way out and then put a nut on the remaining thread, is there enough length in the whole thing to use it as a bolt as a temporary measure?

[s p a c e m a n]

Or turn it up the other way?

[Benj1984]

You should be able to get that stud from peugeot, will be very cheap. Just remember when you re fit to make sure the spacers that go between the rocker cover and oil splash plate are in the correct place, and just nip the bolts up. They don't need to be silly tight as its a rubber seal around the rocker cover. Which you should replace really as they do leak.

[SWH]

Looks like there's plenty of the snapped off stud still left sticking out, unless I'm looking in the wrong place (a common problem!), if so...

Mole grips - really really tight, looks like there's enough stud left for at least a decent attempt, knuckle removal may shortly follow though.
Weld a bolt to it (cover everything up to stop the weld splatter getting into bad places!)
Stud remover - the tube type ones, you've not snapped it off right inside the head yet; you need the kit that looks like a set of sparkplug sockets with washers inside them (simplest description).

If it snaps off flush with the head you'll need a proper stud remover, or you can carefully drill it out and remove the remains with a tap... Slightly more precision required there however.

Hopefully molegrips and a good bash will sort it.

Then you need another stud, they don't need to be done up that tight... snapped off the centre bolt which held the rocker cover on my old Land Rover, many moons ago, right inside the head, the other two held it fine, one of the few places it didn't leak oil in fact, so I put a short bolt through the hole with a nut and washer on the other side to fill the hole

Oh, and looking at the photo again, it's into the rocker carrier rather than the head itself, worst case is to whip that off, replace, fix, etc, but that's a little deeper than you'd planned on going!

[Benj1984]

Or the spacers go on first and not in-between. Can't remember now, been a while since I've worked on these!

[SWH]

Wrote that ages ago, patchy 3G on the train... no air con either, so it's surprisingly coherent too! That should come out ok

[s p a c e m a n]

tailor1234 said:

do you think some pliers will do it? thanks for this guys im really crappin myself never happened to me before

This is the best way, if you can get two bolts onto it.

MangledMetal said:

Try tightening two m6(I think) nuts together on the remaining thread, should be able to use the bottom one to undo the stud.

Tobe

If you can screw both of your rocker cover bolts onto the thread that is left, use them and then when they're on undo the bottom bolt. The top bolt stops it turning so the stud turns instead.

Either that or use some grips and shout at it

[Benj1984]

Rocker cover nuts on these aren't normal nuts. They are tall and closed at the top

[Benj1984]

Grips, or mole grips will be enough for that.

[bearman68]

Might be an idea to (carefully) heat the cam carrier. If it's threadlocked in, that will break the threadlock, and the ally will expand nicely, allowing a molegrips to remove.

[tailor1234]

thanks so much ill update when done

[tailor1234]

ok so i have done a bit of research and cant seem to find the part anywhere. anyone have a website of company name that may stock theese?

[750turbo]

tailor1234 said:

ok so i have done a bit of research and cant seem to find the part anywhere. anyone have a website of company name that may stock theese?

Have you contacted your local dealer?

[Krikkit]

OP can you tell me what engine it is you have?

I bought 4 of the last 9 available (at the time) for my 106 Rallye (TU52J2 engine) when I snapped one, I now have at least 2 spares kicking about if they are the correct part.