motor mount help asap

[highlandgst]

Ok so the read mount / roll stopper is the problem i currently am having getting out . The engine is in the car right now and i would prefer to not have to remove it . I got the two drivers side bolts out and the one on the passenger side of the mount doesnt want to break loose . I am almost positive its nearly if not fully rounded off . So I was wondering what ideas if any do any of you have to possibly get it out .

 

[westcoast]

Get yourself a board and place it on your jack and brace the engine to keep it from moving during the bolt removal process. Then get yourself a throw away socket, one that is just a bit smaller than the bolt head and hammer it on. But make sure you realize this socket will probably not be able to be used again and you will have to get a new bolt. But since this one is shot, that is already a given.
Also soak it with some PB Blaster overnight, then attempt to remove it. Or.. if you have an impact gun you might have some luck with that.

Good Luck

 

[miguelmcv]

soak it with WD40, as more time you let the lubricant to penetrate more easy is to get it out...

 

[highlandgst]

well i tried just about everything ... i tried to even go get the metric set of some grip tite sockets that are used for getting rounded off nuts out ... I'm guessing standard size would work better so im gonna try that tomorrow ... this is really getting annoying

anyone else have any ideas by chance ... this is just nuts I've tried hammerin on a socket , given its location i have to hit and extension with the socked on it ... so it didnt hammer on . I can't get a torch in there because of its location either so yeah those ideas are ###### out

 

[bradselph]

So your referring to the roll mount in the rear by the firewall?

I just changed mine and it was a PITA! Had to be under the car and feel around for over a hour to get it out and once it was loose i had to bring it out threw the top and past the ac compressor, lets just say that wasn't fun...

About the only way i see you getting that one out if its rounded and you tried the socket trick already, is pull the engine... but i have never been in this tight of a spot.

 

[highlandgst]

honestly it was easy as hell to get to that last bolt hates me though i got one mroe thing ot try tomorrow . if that don't work im gonna try to have some get in with a welder and weld me a nut on it

 

[Sandman817]

use an air hammer and a chisel that is sharpened so you can cut into the bolt and hit it free. that's what we sometimes do at work when a bolt is in a weird spot or the bolt-out cant get it loose