stud kit?

[darkshadow]

anyone running one?

Was reading the artical in diesel power and thye put one in stating it would help the low end weekness, since i am running a torbo on my yet to be installed 6.2 and need to fix the rear main seal anyways i figgered i should do it.

any opinions?

dave

 

[tRustyK5]

There is a Canadian company that specializes in 6.2/6.5 engine parts. A couple that I will use one day (when i do a rebuild) are the Gear drive kit and the stud girdle kit.

lemme see if I can find a link for ya...

Rene

 

[tRustyK5]

found it:

http://www.dieselservices.com/html/gm_diesel/6_2_Litre_Diesel/gm-diesel-special/

No customs or brokerage crap to deal with either Dave...

Rene

 

[darkshadow]

lol was just looking at them, Rene closed it to see if anyone responded funny.

thanks.

guys think it is really ressasary?

 

[tRustyK5]

Sure can't hurt any, and 6.2's are known to crack down there. For 180 bones I wouldn't hesitate...hell, I just did my rear main seal and if I had known the stud girdle was that inexpensive I would have done it then. For some reason I remembered it as being in the $400 range (and never looked it up to find out for sure) I must have had the pricing mixed up with the Gear drive kit.

Rene

 

[84CUCV]

rene, i thought the botom end came apart because of a Broken harmonic balancer? Something to do with the rubber on it comeing off or am i just way off? thx

 

[imiceman44]

rene, i thought the botom end came apart because of a Broken harmonic balancer? Something to do with the rubber on it comeing off or am i just way off? thx

No the crank itself will break when the harmonic balancer goes.
The block was another issue, but I heard it was certain years, which ones though I can't remember.

 

[darkshadow]

if i remember the artical in diesel power the eralyer ones were more seceptable,

 

[84CUCV]

anyone know the years? thx

 

[imiceman44]

if i remember the artical in diesel power the eralyer ones were more seceptable,

Actually one thing I know, 82, the first year is one of the best for the blocks, but the heads have the coarse thread injectors, not desirable.

 

[84CUCV]

OK didnt know that either.