fellas, i bought this set of ARP headstuds for a friend's build from a HONDA-TECH SPONSER about 3 months ago along with some wiseco pistons. well needless to say the box sat on the shelf after we got them waiting for the day of the engine assembly. well after all the weeks going into the build, the shop is finally ready to slap the head on THIS PAST WEEKEND and low and behold in the brand-new box of studs, this one bolt "screws" it all up and delays the whole assembly. i've never see this before and neither has the shop, but it is an arp bolt.

my friend is pretty disappointed and he never noticed it when we received the box in the mail...CAN YOU GUYS PLEASE TELL ME IF THE SHOP THAT WE GOT THE STUDS FROM SCREWED US OVER OR DOES THIS LOOK LIKE A DEFECT IN THE MANUFACTURING FROM ARP?

 

Call ARP and tell them you want a new one asap , I had one come to me one time with some threads that where messed up , and they sent me a new stud

 

that's one them rare ARP studs, sell it on ebay

 

hell in the time that it took to take the pics and make the post you culd call ARP and ask for a replacement! I am sure they will warrantee it.

 

those arp head studs look used to me. Did you screw the headstuds in the block than take it out to take a picture or you recieved it like that? If they are new than most like it is a manufacturing defect. If they are used it looks like the guy/shop stretch that one stud somehow. I would call the shop first than call arp also see what tthey can do.

 

sorry forgot to update, but arp is sending me a new one asap. their customer service gets a from me

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by maxrpm &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">those arp head studs look used to me. .</TD></TR></TABLE>They do look USED. The set I had in my old LS-t setup came oiled and definitely not RUSTED! This guy should send it back or demand a FREE replacement ASAP.