[V8] The Ol' Starter Problem

[Ron Wainwright]

Same response as Jason's..get it from the top. I've
done it with an allen key, & a small "persuader" bar
to get some leverage.
Cause as you noted there is some play before you feel
it grab. I usually use a dental pick to clean out the
hole. That's were having a wife who's a nurse is
nice..amongst other things :-)

 Ron

--- Scott Simmons <indischrot at gmail.com> wrote:

> I know you have to give sacrifice to the Audi Gods
> for this, and I have, 
> but They are slow in response.
> 
> I can get a 10mm driver on extension into the upper
> starter bolt.  I can 
> get all sorts of extensions and u-joints and
> ratchets and breaker bars 
> onto the extension.  But I can't seem to find any
> sort of way to break 
> that damn thing loose.
> 
> Going in from the top, on an AT car, appears
> impossible.  I'm 
> contemplating going in through the wheel well.
> 
> I know some of you have changed a starter on an AT
> 3.6.  How did you do 
> it?  What tools did you end up using?
> 
> The best luck I had was a 10mm driver, one inch
> extension, three inch 
> extension, u-joint, then about a 2-3ft extension
> with a breaker bar, but 
> the driver wobbled too much and if I strip this bolt
> out, I'm going to 
> hate life.  Beyond that, it was 10mm driver with a
> six inch extension 
> hooked onto my ratchet.  That was very stable, but I
> couldn't get enough 
> torque in such a small space.
> 
> I don't doing it if it'll help, but is it advised to
> take off the 
> H-pipe?  That seems like it'd give me more
> rotational room.
> 
> ~Scott S
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