[Vwdiesel] Pressure plate bolts?

[mark shepherd]

Oops I also did a 'Loren'... or did he do a 'Mark' and not read the 'Q' 
properly? ;o)

Either way, I would still grind the rounded edge off a socket, or as I don't 
readily have access to my brand new air hammer, I'd operate closer to the 
plane of the bolt head, with a face ground ring wrench, and tap the bolt 
with a 2lb hammer, once on it's face, and then a sharp tap anticlockwise on 
the wrench.

Mark

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bud" <budski at gmail.com>
To: "James Hansen" <jhsg at sasktel.net>
Cc: <LBaird119 at aol.com>; "vw fans" <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>; 
<mark at shepher.fsnet.co.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 4:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Pressure plate bolts?


>
> Thanks for the input all.  I just went out and put penetrating oil on
> them.  I'll give them a whack in the morning.  They're 17mm bolts.
>
> If that doesn't work my buddy said he'll come over with his truck
> (commercial welding rig) and we'll use the compressed air and gun to
> get them off.
>
> I'm used to working on aircraft and I'm an 800# gorilla, so I tend to
> be cautious when I work on everything anymore.  My next best friend is
> a torque wrench.  I once hand torqued (plus or minus probably 50#)
> bolts onto a bleed air duct flange on a jet engine.  Only problem was
> I stripped all the threads and didn't realize it till I was done.  Of
> course I had to fix my own mistake.
>
> Bud
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