CudBucket Posted March 30, 2005 Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 I can't believe I did this!!! I put a trem stud in backwards? How do I get it out?!! AAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGGR Posted March 30, 2005 Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 Does it really matter....as long as you can access the treads I don't see the point here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CudBucket Posted March 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 Well, for one, it's wrong and secondly, you cant thread the post into it this way and lastly, it looks different than the other one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlr8 Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 Well, for one, it's wrong and secondly, you cant thread the post into it this way and lastly, it looks different than the other one. ← Can you thread a bolt into it as is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CudBucket Posted March 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 xlr8, no, I can't. It appears the thread has a stop although it seems to go all the way through. I think this is so when the stud is installed properly, you can't lower the post too far and into the body wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mledbetter Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 Go to a woodworking store and get one of those rare earth magnets with 20 lbs of force Here's what I would try.. Find a nail with a head that will go through the hole in the stud.. put it all the way down in. Get a rubber band and feed as much of it into the hole behind the nail as you can and then pull up.. The nail should catch the rubber keeping it from marring the threads. With some pliers you should be able to work it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CudBucket Posted March 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 Go to a woodworking store and get one of those rare earth magnets with 20 lbs of force Here's what I would try.. Find a nail with a head that will go through the hole in the stud.. put it all the way down in. Get a rubber band and feed as much of it into the hole behind the nail as you can and then pull up.. The nail should catch the rubber keeping it from marring the threads. With some pliers you should be able to work it out. ← I think you might have something there mled. I could get a nail in there and "hook" the head under the anchor. I have some clearance for that. I feel like going home from work and trying it. I may actually really fake sick. Thanks! Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGGR Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 (edited) Hey Cudbucket......get one of these.....\ http://www.autotoolmart.com/cgi-bin/webc.c...2696&p_catid=30 Local bodyshop will have one, for 6 pack they will help ya out, I bet. Edited March 31, 2005 by RGGR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CudBucket Posted March 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 That could work, RG. Right now, I'm looking at the mledbetter's flat-head nail idea or countersinking a hair to get past the thread stop so I can thread the post in a couple of turns and pull. Thanks for all the help folks. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlr8 Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 xlr8, no, I can't. It appears the thread has a stop although it seems to go all the way through. I think this is so when the stud is installed properly, you can't lower the post too far and into the body wood. ← Ok, I'd do it this way. Carefully open the hole at the bottom of the stud with a suitable drill bit. Find a suitable bolt and make yourself a puller from some metal strap and a couple of scraps of hard wood. Once you've extracted the stud you can peen of the bottom with a hammer to stop the bolt driving into the wood beneath and if necessary remove a small amount from the bottom of the bolt to ensure you can screw it down flat. Good luck (edited because the first drawing showed a threaded extractor hole when of course it just needs to be a hole - doh!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CudBucket Posted March 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 xlr8, thanks so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CudBucket Posted March 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 It's fixed. I took a countersink and chucked it up into my cordless. 2 or 3 turns on the inside lip of the stud and I was able to thread the post back into it. I taped up the post, sat on the body and pulled up. Little by little it came up and out. I nicked the post a bit despite the tape but I can always replace that. The body suffered almost no damage. There was a tiny pull of the surface wood that was about 1/8" x 1/8" and paper thin. I grabbed a syringe, watered down some white glue and injected it under the pull. It's invisible now. The damage to the post might only be noticed by me but I'm going to order a new set anyway. Thanks to all of you for helping me out. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank falbo Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 Hey no fair, that was going to be my suggestion when I read your first post, and I was getting all excited. Then by the time I got to the end you had done it. Next time wait for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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