Stuck nuts and bolts, I've tried it all. HELP

[DiamondStarM]

I'm trying to install a 16G in my 2G tonight and I broke 2 of the 4 manifold to turbo bolts loose as well as the stud, but I cant for the life of me get this last bolt off, I heated it, hit it, and pbblasted it. I broke 4 sockets on it and it wont move. Any ideas? Also the oil feed line doesnt want to come loose either. Any tricks you guys used, pass em along. Thanks -J

 

[MindBlowin03]

Ive had this problem a few times on differant DSMs. I used a 1/2" drive with a homemade 'breaker' bar thats about 3 feet long. They all come off, but most of the time they snap.

 

[RamenPride]

use the closed end of a wrench or a 12 point socket and a breaker bar.

as for the oil line, I stripped the flare nut, so I just cut the line and used a socket.

 

[Crawford]

I feel your pain....After one of the bolts rounded off on my snap-on socket I tried the boxend wrench (also a snap-on) with breaker bar method mentioned above. That made sure no handtool would get that bolt off and it even distorted the metal on the boxend wrench. In the end I used a 4" angle grinder and ground the bolt head off and headed inside to get a set of turbo bolts shipped. All them faq's and writeups are right about getting a set of bolts when you do the turbo. Just to add insult to injury a close inspection revealed 3 cracks on the orig mani: one on the #2 runner top side, one on the #3 runner bottom side, and the little divider inside the collector area on mine also had a good sized crack. Back inside to get a manifold enroute. Also plainly evident was the mani to turbo and the turbo to o2 housing gaskets had been leaking.

I had to cut the line and use a socket (19mm IIRC) on the large oil line fitting down there by the filter like the previous poster too.

 

[DiamondStarM]

Thanks for all the input, I got craftsman to replace my 4 broken sockets and I finally got it off with the new ones. Then after another hour playing with that stupid oil feed line I gave in and cut it. Now its onto the good stuff like droping that trash T25 and putting the B16G in its place. Any other tricks for the install in general anyone came up with, keep them coming. Thanks for all the help.

 

[DSM90AWD]

my .02.. chuck those bolts you removed and pick up a new set ($20).
Also use a high temp anti-sieze when re-installing and tork to spec.

Nice thing is the next time you upgrade will take you 1/10 the time to remove