stripped tensioner bolt... help!
Jul 27, 2004 | 07:39 PM
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From: va beach
Re: stripped tensioner bolt... help!
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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.
Jul 27, 2004 | 07:43 PM
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From: Short Pump
Re: stripped tensioner bolt... help!
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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.
Jul 27, 2004 | 08:06 PM
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From: yorktown
Re: stripped tensioner bolt... help!
use a gator grip socket. itll grab onto it.
Jul 28, 2004 | 07:15 AM
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From: Blacksburg/New Kent, VA
Re: stripped tensioner bolt... help!
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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.
Jul 28, 2004 | 07:21 AM
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From: Newport News
Re: stripped tensioner bolt... help!
GOT IT OFF! we hit the hell out of the tensioner with a hammer and the bolt came loose with some vise grips
Jul 29, 2004 | 06:27 PM
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From: GUAM
Re: stripped tensioner bolt... help!
i hope like hell you guys set the cam timing right!
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