[Vwdiesel] Strut bolt stuck.
Roger Brown
r.c.brown at ieee.org
Tue Jun 24 20:32:56 PDT 2008
Will Taygan wrote:
> 1981 VW 1.6 pickup.
>
> Struts are out of the truck, springs compressed. I can't loosen the
> 22mm bolt that holds the insert on. It doesn't have the allen top, but
> rather a 7mm flat top. I've soaked in P'Blaster, bent up the top and
> broken a 7mm wrench trying to get this off. I've thought about
> hacksawing the insert off, and then sticking it all in a vise. Any
> better ideas?
>
> Will.
An impact wrench usually does the trick. Air will work, or probably even an electric one.
I have one of the inexpensive 12v impacts like below:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=92349
and it works surprisingly well.
--
Roger
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