| Author | Message | ||
     Philip Gladstone (Philg) New Member Username: Philg Post Number: 7 Registered: 11-2003 |
I've been working on replacing my starter for a couple of days now, and the upper bolt holding the old one in is completely siezed. I tried putting some heat on it, along with some liquid wrench-type product and letting that soak in over night, but that bolt won't budge. If anyone has any ideas or techniques, i'd love to hear them. | ||
| flyor (Flyor) Member Username: Flyor Post Number: 63 Registered: 05-2003 |
Try tightening the bolt a little first then retry to lossen it. Sometimes you can free the threads or the washer if that's what's holding it. | ||
| Jack Quinlan (Jsq) Senior Member Username: Jsq Post Number: 591 Registered: 10-2002 |
use a 10" breaker bar with a 8mm hex socket. I hope you're not trying to use a 3" allen key? | ||
| Ed Petrush (Exp) Member Username: Exp Post Number: 99 Registered: 08-2002 |
Also make sure you are using as few extensions as you can... its amazing how much flex multiple extensions have... | ||
| Kevin Cockrell (Kevin_cockrell) New Member Username: Kevin_cockrell Post Number: 5 Registered: 12-2003 |
The hex head was stripped on the top bolt of my starter and I had to use a very small pipe wrench with a cheater bar to get mine loose. It really helps to remove the manifold heat sheild so that you have room to work. |
