I was trying to take off my clutchmaster flywheel and some of the bolts wouldn't come out. I was using a 1/2 drive snapon impact with a 12 point snapon impact socket, not exactly cheap crap. one started to strip so i let it soak all night in pb blaster and tried it again with a NEW socket and 3/4 drive impact which totaly stripped them. Not really sure what to try now. Cut it and try to chisel maybe? or maybe this http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr...CRAFT . If anyone has any ideas that would be great thanks.

 

Use muscle. Unless you welded the bolts on or something, with enough pushing/pulling and some bloody knuckles it'll come off. Leverage is key

 

LOL il make sure to try that one, thanks!

 

Sounds like somebody used loctite

If they are that tight, you may have to drill them out. Those bolts are hardened, so you will need some very good drill bits.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by b19coupe &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Sounds like somebody used loctite

If they are that tight, you may have to drill them out. Those bolts are hardened, so you will need some very good drill bits.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I really don't want to have to drill them if I don't have to. Thats sort of a last resort, but thanks for the reply.

 

if you 1st post has a link to the stripped bolt removers from craftsman I would suggest those. They have big teeth inside to bit into whats left of the screw and take it out.

Just a thought, you used a 12-point socket on those flywheel bolts right? If not, thats probably why you stripped them.

 

a 6 point socket will not fit a 12 point bolt head.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Benny Hinn &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">a 6 point socket will not fit a 12 point bolt head.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah you have to use a 12 point. I tried the bolt remover it just stripped off even more.

 

Big Tiatanium/Carbide drill bit and a big E-Z-out. Get some cutting fluid for you drill bits and work them slow (medium drill speed). You'll dull your drill bit and make the bolt harder from the heat if you try to power right through them. Its a shame that the flywheel bolt head are very thin. This makes it impossible to get leverage on them when they are stripped. I'd get a coupple good bits and some cutting fluid. I don't see any other way to remove them unless you want to grind the heads off .

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mike1114 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">if you 1st post has a link to the stripped bolt removers from craftsman I would suggest those. They have big teeth inside to bit into whats left of the screw and take it out.

Just a thought, you used a 12-point socket on those flywheel bolts right? If not, thats probably why you stripped them.</TD></TR></TABLE>


haha

 

If you used a bolt extractor and it rounded it off more, you may be screwed.

time to drill

you may try one of metwrench sockets supposedly they grip the walls and not the edges which you may have stripped.

but that may be tv hype as I have never used one.

 

Another route might be to tack weld another bolt to the existing head, drilling is a iffy proposition because you are practically drilling into the crank, and that bolt needs to come out.
I'd heat that sucker up with a torch for a bit (heat should break loose loctite if its on there), then attempt to wrench it with a smaller socket. Maybe you can jam a smaller extracting socket on there.

 

droped it off at the machine shop and the guy got them out for 20 bucks. Not quite sure what he did but the bolts were out of the crank and cut in half.

 

that's good to hear.

I was going to impact mine off but chose not too...did them by hand with someone holding the crank pulley.

Don't want to risk warpage.