[V8] The Ol' Starter Problem

[Scott Simmons]

I sprayed some PB on the bolt.

I removed airbox, strut bar, passenger coil, and passenger distributor 
cap.  I put a 10mm allen key into the hole and a 10mm box end wrench 
over the allen key (that was fun).  After about two hours of prying and 
using cheater bars, the wrench snapped. 

I tried putting a 10mm impact socket at the end of the key and then a 
2ft extension on the socket, but that was too much wobble for my 
liking.  The allen key/bit sits in deep and secure.

I'm not sure what to do next.  I keep trying to look on the good side of 
things: nothing is broken and the bolt hasn't stripped.

The only other idea I have is to pull the H-pipe and wiggle an impact 
gun in there on a u-joint.  That will either remove the bolt very 
quickly or strip the head clean out.

Time for a drink,
Scott Simmons

Ed Kellock wrote:

> I did it from the top on an automatic car.  I removed the air box and
> the distributor and used the stub from an allen socket with a box end
> wrench over that and then the audi tire wrench slipped down over that
> for leverage.  I made sure I could get the allen stub in there all the
> way before I put any leverage on it.
>
> Ed
>
>
> On 4/20/07, 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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