[Vwdiesel] Alternate use for spline tool set.
Sandy Cameron
scameron at compmore.net
Sat Aug 27 15:50:30 EDT 2005
At 11:47 AM 8/27/05 EDT, you wrote:
>When the one started to round, I quickly grabbed my spline
>set and hammered the 12 pt 12mm spline into the allen head. It took the bolt
>out easy as pie. I have used the same method for rounded intake manifold
>bolts on the diesels (just not the 12mm on those). Cheers.
>
>Andrew
Maybe the hammer shock driving the spline released the loctite.
I've heard this is how to get locked screws out.
When I remove C-shaft pulleys for a T-belt change, I give the pulley screws
a sharp whack before applying torque, and they come out every time. Before
this practice, I rounded many.
Sandy
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