Stud removal or tightening

[sledneck22]

Has anyone went and removed all their studs in their track? My track is kind of wore out with 14 studs pulled through. I found a few that are also loose. Has anyone been able to tighten their studs on their track or just plain out remove them and run the track with no studs but the studholes? I just want to know if I can milk this out for a few hundred miles before I head up north for my first trip?

 

[sherlock29]

Yes you can... it will be like running a track with the pre-cut stud holes... but make sure you have a few spare bits... torques or allen key(whatever your studs are)... old studs are a pain in the hole to get out... done this a few times...

sometimes bits slip and round the corners... but do you really want to go without studs? just for shear safety/braking..

cheers
jason

 

[sledneck22]

Well really my thinking here is to prevent a stud from flinging out and blowing a hole in my heatexchanger. Have heard horror stories from this and actually that is what happened to my cousin. I am planning on getting a new track by Jan 10th or so but being christmas I would rather spend the money after christmas but would like to ride up until then.

 

[Phazernut]

I tighten my studs several times a season to the reccomended torque. No issues yet.