[V8] The Ol' Starter Problem

[Ryan Hoitink]

I'm telling you... Use the Bolt-Out.


\Ryan

On 4/23/07, Scott Simmons <indischrot at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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