arrived in one day...wow
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can't get one of the bolts off....bloody front wheel drive
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That's what angle grinders are for, This is uk.d-i-y
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3 foot scaffold bar on the wheelbrace Jim.
If it still doesn't budge, position the brace and bar so that the end of the 'extension' is just above ground, pointing towards the back of the car, then *carefully* reverse back very slightly to use the cars weight and engine power as leverage to unwind the nut.
Do this while the other ?3 nuts are still clamping the wheel !
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11 months ago
no no it was the bolts on the starter....
can't start it....ha ha
got the two bolts out this morning and the start is stuck in place.....just going now to use some brute force
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11 months ago
I believe this is a bolt to hold on the starter, not a wheel.
Not sure why Jim can't get it off. Perhaps location, or highly torqued, or both?
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11 months ago
IME rust is the most common culprit.
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I suspect Jim does not have an impact driver. Even an electric one is pretty good at shifting stubborn nuts.
It could be that this bolt goes through a flange in the bell housing and the end is exposed to salt etc on the other side. The expanded rusty end of the bolt then jams in the threads. Carefully grinding this bit with an angle driver before attempting to remove it might help as will liberal application of plus-gas or similar.
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Not sure of the car Jim has, but I suspect the gearbox is an aluminium alloy, with a steel bolt. Aluminium does have a habit of corroding and clinging onto a steel bolt.
It's one reason why I purchased a set of long handled combination spanners, to get some additional leverage without resorting to some dodgier measure to increase torque.
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It's difficult to beat the grunt of a long handled spanner. There are many YouTube examples where an impact driver has failed and a long combination spanner possibly in conjunction with a tube is successful.
It's that initial movement you need, and I doubt grinding the visible end of the bolt will assist. Applying local heat to the bell-housing might help.
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11 months ago
location
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no rust hit it with a big cold chisel and a mash hammer
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got a manual one but no space to get it in
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well that is the £12 delivered starter fitted and it started first time....there is NO working space in a wagon r
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11 months ago
Put a spanner/socket + handle on it and hit the end of the spanner with a lump hammer.
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11 months ago
What did it take to get the stuck bit off ? Torch ?
Paul
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11 months ago
yip
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11 months ago
Stop yipping, you arent a chihuahua.
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11 months ago
sorry Ron ...
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I mean a torch to see what I was doing