[V8] Busted torxs

[Tony and Lillie]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Arman" <armanmik at earthlink.net>
To: <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 5:28 AM
Subject: [V8] Busted torxs


>
>
> Doing the TB, everything came apart OK without too much cussing except 
> some
> of the torx screws on the water pump. Two broke off, one is stripped.
>
> I plan to hammer (ouch!) something into the stripped one and see if I can
> persuade it to come out with a hand impact driver. Any suggestions on
> removing the broken studs after the water pump is out?
>
> Timing belt on a V8 is orders of magnitude more complex than on an I5 - 
> and
> it isn't fun in the heat of the summer, either.
>
>

Mike,

I'll agree, even on a trubo 20V I5, it's incredibly easy when compared to 
the V8. That said, I expected some sort of nightmare when going in there 
from all of the horror stories I'd heard. It was really pretty 
straightforward. Also, all of my WP bolts came right out. One was a bit 
stubborn, but I tapped the torx into it, and it came right out.

Thankfully, a friend let me borrow his shop with a swamp cooler to do the 
job.

I see you got them out. That was pretty much what I would have attempted. 
BTW, are you using the tools from Zelenda?

Tony Hoffman