[V8] The Ol' Starter Problem

Tue Apr 24 15:49:47 EDT 2007

Scott, if you don't just use an allen head
socket/swivel & ratchet & get that starter bolt out,
I'm going to come over there & losen it myself...then
I'll re-tighten it back up & leave ;-)

 Ron

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

> 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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