White_951

The long turbo mount bolt is trashed, the short one doesn't look much better...

Can I support the engine and pull the turbo and motor support arm as one unit????

Thanks in advance...

refresh951

Sorry to hear this.

I stripped a cam tower bolt a few years ago and since then I have had pretty good luck with allen head bolts. Key is to "wake-up" the bolts using a punch and hammers per Clark's Garage. Next, never go at them at even the slightest angle. Use whatever is necessary to get a straight shot on it. Third, make sure the head is as clean as possible and I filed a set of allen head sockets so the bottom is completely flat so as to get as much bite as possible.

You still might have a shot at it.

chrenan

Happened to me on one of mine, even with the waking up trick, only time I've ever stripped a bolt on the 951. I took the head off with an air powered die grinder, worked like a charm, took some time though.

dillon410021

I did the same thing. the replacement ones on LR's site are regular bolts

lart951

use this ones work with me slam the crap out of it, I have been able to pull many turbo stripped bolts

http://www.oem-tools.com/products/show/25015

lart951

btw guys he is not asking for us to share the story of our stripped bolts but how to get it out

Tom M'Guinn

That reminds me of the time I.... j/k

Just go to the hardware store and get a long drill bit just bigger than the bolt shaft (say 11/32 if memory serves, cobalt if available) or a bit extension shaft. Then just drill off the head of those bolts in the same way you would work a socket bit up there. Having tried all the shadetree tricks for stripped bolts, I've come to the conclusion that nothing is nearly as fast or easy as drilling off the heads, especially on Allen head bolts where the bit self centers in the stripped head. I suppose it's possible to pull the whole mount off (never tried) but that's almost certainly a lot more effort....

audiojoe1

Pretty sure I did the exact same thing. I had to drill into the bolt and extract it. But I had my engine out of the car at the time.

lart951

That's right cobalt bits would usually do the job but to reach to the top bolt you would need a foot long bit

White_951

This is my plan for this evening...Thanks Lart!

Paulyy

+1 i do this all the time. well for any rounded allen cap screw. go for a size larger, bash it in with a hammer or something, and undo

White_951

Success...drove a torx head into both of those suckers with a BFH and had both of them off in 5 minutes....

lart951

if it's over 2lbs is not a BFH but a BMFH

refresh951

Good to know, thanks Lart!

White_951

I stand corrected....it was a 3 lb'er.....