Valve-cover gasket removale - hit a roadblock
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Valve-cover gasket removale - hit a roadblock
For those out there who have done this, or just know a trick in general - I've taken 9 out of the 10 long threaded allen bolts of the intake manifold.
One little motherfvcker decided to strip on me. For those of you who have taken the manifold off, every other bolt took alot of force but eventually "popped" and came out eazy peazy.
I'm really stuck here, I don't have a tap/die set, nor do I know how you'd even get a dremel in there to cut the head off....
What are my options? Try and make a shim with a piece of metal and see if it has enough bite? Vice grips?
Many Thanks in Advance.
One little motherfvcker decided to strip on me. For those of you who have taken the manifold off, every other bolt took alot of force but eventually "popped" and came out eazy peazy.
I'm really stuck here, I don't have a tap/die set, nor do I know how you'd even get a dremel in there to cut the head off....
What are my options? Try and make a shim with a piece of metal and see if it has enough bite? Vice grips?
Many Thanks in Advance.
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These are typically available at your flaps... even though they are made to be used on bolts with heads as apposed to internal bolts, I have used this set on my Stock front bumper because one of the allen bolts stripped out, slapped one of these on, started turning and Presto!
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unfortunately im with ORFSADOY, i dont think those will fit, but they do work just about on anything, may have to hammer them on the head of the bolt first. try using standard size allen socket and just tap it in there with a hammer, i head to do that a few times :-S
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update
Hybrid - Forgot to mention that its the second long bolt between the tubular headers there is about 2mm of clearance on both sides.....Folks on quattroworld saying that it won't fit in there - although if it did, that would be nice.
Russian - I tried this actually with an SAE had, took a few hard hits with the hammer, but it got on. Once I attached the drive - the socket just spun. I was able to get the socket off with the help of the torch.
Here is were I'm at - tried using an eazy out lefty screw and that broke off in there. Going to have to bore the whole fvcking thing out.....
Russian - I tried this actually with an SAE had, took a few hard hits with the hammer, but it got on. Once I attached the drive - the socket just spun. I was able to get the socket off with the help of the torch.
Here is were I'm at - tried using an eazy out lefty screw and that broke off in there. Going to have to bore the whole fvcking thing out.....
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