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mitsuowner1991

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Sep 29, 2009
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Ok so i started to do a boost leak checj and right off thr bat i find huge leak right on the pipe that comes off the turbo to the front mount.. well i cant get to the one bolt without taking the whole damn turbo off... DA FUQQQ!!
 

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nothing you can do creatively with a modified tool? vice grips or maybe hammer on a slightly smaller or near-sized SAE socket? are we talking about a stripped bolt head?
 
Bolt head looks rounded off to me. Heads marked 8 making it a hardened bolt. User error? I don't feel this has anything to do with cheap stuff.
 
That bolt does not require you to remove anything........ heat and visegrips. Or buy a cheap wrench undersized and grind it to fit and tap it on with a hammer get creative. That bolts see basically little to no torque .
 
ive been using quality socket head cap screws on those. you could grind a 6 point socket down (around the outside) so the walls are thinner to get that out maybe, looks pretty beat up now.

Generally those come out easy. youll be ok.

funny post haha
 
I think it needs to be heated i just dont have thay available to me.. and the bolt that you can see in the pic was to close to the pipe.. now my problem is the other side.. its to close and theres not enough room for what you call a RATCHET.. i think.. idk never owned one..
 
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its to close and theres not enough room for what you call a RATCHET.. i think.. idk never owned one..

A 90s era vehicle is the perfect platform to get into if you want to build a tool collection :p Doesn't matter what type, DSM, Honda, whatever..

Try a stubby open ended box wrench, they're about half the length of a normal one.
 
A 90s era vehicle is the perfect platform to get into if you want to build a tool collection :p Doesn't matter what type, DSM, Honda, whatever..

Try a stubby open ended box wrench, they're about half the length of a normal one.



O0o i know. I have 3 tool boxes.. a big kobalt ratchet and wrench set.. if i had a small wrench i wouldn't have enough leverage. The bolts are on tight and the way the bolt is only allows you to put the rench on and its right up against the pipe.. the turbo has to be droppdd ... idk why i asked..
 
Have you tried a screw extractor? Drill a hole in the top of the bolt, get a screw extractor and spin it out?

Home Depot sells them, I used one on a broken turbo manifold bolt a few months ago.
 
Things probably should come out easy, but how many people here have went to remove an oil filter that was put on by someone else and had to put a ton of force on it to break it loose? I couldnt tell you how many times I have went to move a TV and when going to unhook the cable or satellite cable from either the TV or the cable/satellite boxes which are only supposed to be hand tight just so the connection is stable, people use those adjustable wrenches and torque them like crazy.

Sometimes people use red loctite on things that either shouldnt have it or at best should have blue loctite.
 
Things probably should come out easy, but how many people here have went to remove an oil filter that was put on by someone else and had to put a ton of force on it to break it loose? I couldnt tell you how many times I have went to move a TV and when going to unhook the cable or satellite cable from either the TV or the cable/satellite boxes which are only supposed to be hand tight just so the connection is stable, people use those adjustable wrenches and torque them like crazy.

Sometimes people use red loctite on things that either shouldnt have it or at best should have blue loctite.
I never removed the j-pipe so im guessing the last owner did and tightened it super tight. Ughhhh
 
Take a nut smaller than the head of the bolt & weld the inside of the nut to the head of the bolt. You should have plenty of room to place a thin walled deep socket on the nut you just welded on and spin that baby right off... Piece of cake!
 
I wish every bolt was both hex-head and hex-key. It sure would make life easier in some cases.
 
Why do you disagree? Some high torque bolts might be an issue but I hardly see how it matters to set a hex-key in most bolt heads. Some of the hex-head bolts on our cars came with a crosshead screwdriver provision, which is nice.
 
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