Best Stud Extractor...?

I have one I bought from HF and looks just like that. Seems to be well made and suited for the purpose. Thank goodness I haven't had to use it, nor my screw extractors as yet. Butttttt they are there and waiting.
 
That type is my last choice, even falls under a pipe wrench for a number of reasons. They will not grip gardened studs and destroy soft ones when they are rusted tight, they dont fit between closely spaced studs and they require a trip to a vise to remove the stud if it was tight.

Best by far for any studs that still have threads you wish to save is the collet type as sold by Snap On. Minuses are expensive and slow to use.
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My favorite price and performance combined is the roller type as sold by K-D and others
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I have one from KD tools. Works on 1/4 to 3/4. With a breaker bar it's better than a pipe wrench. Just use it on the smooth part of the stud or it chews threads.
 
Thanks for all of the replies. To further clarify, I will be removing the long 9/16" head studs from a MH44 block.

Regards,

Goldsburg
 
I have one made like that. Mine must also be a KD ? as I doubt I'd of paid that extra dollar for the snap on name. It works real good on longer studs when you can grip where there are no threads. It does leave a mark but it is small and easily smoothed out with a file or grinder. On threaded short ones double nuts usually gets them.
 
I've use dthe camming roller type from harbor freight. works great. bought it for a specific project, have used it half a dozen times since.

It's never failed to remove a stud from cast iron, so far.
 
The Snap On collet version is the way to go. Works just as well for 1.5" as it does for 3/8". If you buy a used 9/16 collet and collet body on ebay you should get by for $80. Whole sets sell for $200 and up.
 
Glad I read through this before responding. First glance and thought was if a young stud is hanging around a 12 gauge and a backhoe would do.
 
I have a couple of these snap-on type stud removers(not worth the money they want for them) but like some said already they leave marks and can't be used on treads.
99 % of the time i just use double nuts to remove and install them.
 
Assuming you still have good threads on the stud, double-nutting works well most of the time. If it's a broken stud, nothing is going to work well.
 
If you end up going for the eccentric cam style extractor that you have shown, get one where the cam has diagonal "teeth". These grip the studs better and do not strip or slip like a vertical toothed one does. I do not know off hand what brand mine is, I know it is middle grade (SK, OTC, or new britain) But I do know it has worked where vertical toothed snap ons have failed.
 
It looked like thought was behind the design. Having to remove such over the years, as obviously you have, for what it cost, I figured it was cheap insurance to have in the tool box should the situation reoccur.
 

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