So I got out up an early today to work on my car and make it run after weeks of it being abandoned due to I not starting. So I realized it was off timing.
I ended up set to do the timing adjustment and come to realize my tensioner bolt is stripped.the engine is in the car still.
And Its cramped and I can't get that f***er out .. its stripped bad so I was wondering how have you guys felt with this and any advice how I can do this! I need this car to run asap!

 

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There are sockets that are specially designed to get off stripped bolts. I bought a kit called Lock-tite. It came with various sizes of sockets. It work great on removing stripped bolts. I would give that a shot first. You most like will use those sockets again one day.

 

It is actually called grip tite. This is the place I bought mine from. If you live in Canada you will have a Canadian tire.

http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/brows....jsp?locale=en

 

Vice grips? Die grinder to cut the head off?

 

Good luck that is why you always use a 6 point socket for that 14mm bolt...
I made that mistake once, Had to take a grinder to it ( while in the car )
it was a Bi^#H!
I tried one of those grip right or even a craftsman easy out thing... ( its a socket you hammer on and it can lock onto stripped bolts.
Tried a chizzle to try to get it to spin once... nope.
I couldn't get a swing on it to get it out..


Only other answer is to pull the motor and maybe get it that way, or cut it :D

I'd say cut it. it was easy and you have to buy a new tensioner anyway so don't worry about it
good luck

 

on both of my blocks the bolts were siezed and stripped bad, I had to grind them off.

 

well see I purchased my ef si with it and I didn't even no it was stripped.
I don't want to remove the engine. but if I do I'll do it.



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also the belt cover . does it have a bolt behind the crank shaft pulley ? I can't seem to pull it off..


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no there should only be 4 bolts.. .two by the top and two by the bottom? Don't qoute me on that haha. BTW I think you do have to pull the crank pulley to pull the lower case.
Just grind the tensioner off man, its super easy.

 

the tensioner or the bolt ?? I got frustrated and cut my cover apart. tomorrow I'll try some grip pliers then maybe either sand down alittle and try to fit a 13mm.


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