[V8] The Ol' Starter Problem

[Scott Simmons]

The shop had no Bolt-Out's big enough to fit onto the bolt head and both 
the mechanic and I believed that there wasn't enough room around the 
head of the bolt to fit anything over.  But that point is moot until I 
we can find one big enough.  I used up my two free days on this starter, 
so it will have to wait for at least a week or two. 

In the mean time, I'll order in a tranny filter and oil filter and 
ponder doing all that crap at the same time.

~Scott S

Ryan Hoitink wrote:

> I'm telling you... Use the Bolt-Out.
>
>
> \Ryan
>
> On 4/23/07, *Scott Simmons* <indischrot at gmail.com 
> <mailto: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
>     <mailto: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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