# Tensioner Stud Bolt snapped **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [January 8, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tensioner-stud-bolt-snapped/156142 "2020-01-08T18:39:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tensioner-stud-bolt-snapped/156142/23 "2020-01-10T17:32:44Z")
Well that was braver than I. That would have been a job for Dave. Seems like no room to work is the biggest issue. ---
**Author:** ![Rod-Knox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tensioner-stud-bolt-snapped/156142/24 "2020-01-10T18:57:45Z")
Removing the front mount and raising the engine a few inches makes it a much easier job. And I wouldn’t be surprised if the water pump failed within the month. It often happens that way. ---
**Author:** ![Honda-Blackbird](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/honda-blackbird/32/3159_2.png) [@Honda-Blackbird](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Honda-Blackbird)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 6:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tensioner-stud-bolt-snapped/156142/25 "2020-01-12T06:56:27Z")
Do yourself a favor… @Bugmenot provided you with the diagram to reference… Go to a dealership and buy that #3 part (Stud) and it will tell you everything you need to know about what threads are what… Before you go assuming things while trying to extract the remainder of the stud. You need to know precisely what is what in that process. After that… you have plenty of material to work with, shouldn’t be very difficult at all extracting that piece. Some heat will surely help… a welder helps even more (to make a tool or simply weld a socket onto the end and extract) [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tensioner-stud-bolt-snapped/156142.md?page=1)