Fitting my new exhaust system tonight. Should have been an hour long job. But every exhaust attachment bolt is severely corroded. Gave them all a good soak with penetrating oil last night but disaster has just struck. The front cylinder exhaust stud has just sheared off. I gave it a small turn with a socket, felt it give a little then it just sheared off. Picture shows what is left sticking out of the barrel. Other side came lose but unscrewed the stud - not the nut off the stud.
Not sure if there is enough to get some mole grips onto the stud to have a go myself or whether this is a dealer job. I really don't want to get into drilling out this stud in sutu. Does anyone have any experience of this? Any tips or advice before I dive in?
Also I see that there is a washer/spacer on the sheared off stud. This is only on this side - the other stud did not have this spacer. Is this normal?
