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stripped tensioner bolt... help!

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Old 07-27-2004 | 07:39 PM
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Default Re: stripped tensioner bolt... help!

Originally Posted by sk8rmike
there isnt enough room there for anything other than a socket wrench or wrench...
read people. no room for tapping anything.


id go with the ratchets for broken bolts idea from sears. theyve also worked wonders for me in the past.
Old 07-27-2004 | 07:43 PM
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Default Re: stripped tensioner bolt... help!

Originally Posted by VT Prix GT 2006
I use an impact wrench to eventually get the tensioner bolt off. They do sell pulley removal kits to make this kinda thing a breeze.
Kinda hard when the bolt is stripped.
Old 07-27-2004 | 08:06 PM
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Default Re: stripped tensioner bolt... help!

use a gator grip socket. itll grab onto it.
Old 07-28-2004 | 07:15 AM
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Default Re: stripped tensioner bolt... help!

Originally Posted by woodrow
Kinda hard when the bolt is stripped.
Yeah that is true...man I'm retarded. Good luck getting that thing out...you're gonna need it.
Old 07-28-2004 | 07:21 AM
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GOT IT OFF! we hit the hell out of the tensioner with a hammer and the bolt came loose with some vise grips
Old 07-29-2004 | 06:27 PM
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Default Re: stripped tensioner bolt... help!

i hope like hell you guys set the cam timing right!
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