[Jordan Baker]

The task….remove the remains of the 5/16-18 screws that had the heads cut off. I could have ground them down flat then drilled out and re-threaded them. However they can lead to problems if you get your initial hole off centre. So in this case I tried the old school ways of welding on a nut to the end of the threaded bit sticking out. This works great as welding puts a pile of heat right into the stud and also gives a nut for the impact gun and socket to remove it. Most of the studs came out nicely. I had one stubborn one that would not come out and the welded on nuts kept snapping. So did the next step and welded on a flat washer to the end of the stud. Then welded a drilled out larger sized nut to the washer. This time the impact gun won and the stud came out. A quick run through with a threading tap and all the threads were good.