Re: screwed up crank shaft pulley allen bolt...

["Lee Folkman" <general_lee_f@hotmail.com>]

I don't know how well this would work, or if there is enough room to do it.  
It's just a suggestion.  But when that happened to the allen bolt on my 
brake calipers while i was changing pads, i used a torix (i think that's 
what it's called, it's the star-shaped one) wrench by pounding it into the 
allen bolt until it was good and tight.  And with a little bit of grunt, the 
bolt came right out.  HTH!

Lee Folkman
'84 Wolfsburg Scirocco 8v
'82 Jetta Diesel(225,000+ and can still get 50mpg)


>From: Oliver Seiler <oseiler@acm.org>
>To: Scirocco Mailing List <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: screwed up crank shaft pulley allen bolt...
>Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 01:04:38 -0800 (PST)
>
>Hi all,
>
>I was going to replace the timing belt on my '86 8V this evening, but
>ended up rounding out one of the Allen bolts connecting my alternator
>pulley to the crankshaft (preventing me from taking off the lower timing
>belt cover). I'd previously used Liquid Wrench, but I suspect all the
>bolts were over tightened by PO, and I was unlucky with this one (they're
>only supposed to be torqued to 20 Nm, but I had to get a lot of leverage
>before they'd budge, and this was with the Liquid Wrench being given ample
>soak-in time).
>
>Anyway, what are my options? The best way I can see is to use something
>that can grip the bolt on the outside strong enough to keep from slipping
>with the amount of torque needed to loosen it, though I don't have
>anything that can do this right now. Options after that seem less
>attractive and more expensive. I'd like to be able to do it myself, for
>obvious reasons, but if I have to take it in, I guess I'll have to.
>
>Oh well -- being stymied by the stuck bolt, I wound up replacing my water
>pump, which was a very interesting (and tiring) thing to do right after
>work in a parking garage...
>
>Thanks,
>Oliver
>
>Oliver Seiler -- Software Developer, Pivotal Software, 
>http://www.pivotal.com
>     Scirocco MkII Diary - http://erisian.com/~oseiler/scirocco/index.html
>
>
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