xe bottom pulley bolts

[Alex J]

just a bit of fun, so vote away ,on taking it off, how many of the bolts broke off when doing the cam belt??????????

[John]

easy, all of them! (no roast thread?)

[Alex J]

easy, all of them! (no roast thread?)no roast today, had work, and had to settle for a crap donalds and 20 trips to the boglol

[Alex J]

ill give you a clue to how many broke off, its a vauxhall!!!!

[Adam]

None of mine broke/rounded off :p

[mowgli]

next time soak them in wd40 for a few days (difficult with engine running) but keep squirting it when stopped) and if they won't budge, try tightening them slightly first, and also tapping the bolt heads with a hammer, if they still don't budge, then its time for heat.....

but not overtightening them in the first place is the best. so many garages are guilty of that.

[Alex J]

None of mine broke/rounded off :ppictures, or your Pinocchio lol

[Graeme]

I've only ever had a problem with the multi-splines stripping not the bolts snapping

[Adam]

One thing that gets me, whats spraying the bolt head with WD40 acheive? :confused:
Theres no way its going to get to the actual thread and help free it off because its bolted tight into the pully (in this case...)
All's ive ever found it do is oil the bolt head meaning tools slip off lol lol

Of course with a bolt/nut its different.

[Adam]

pictures, or your Pinocchio lol
"Forgets to mention they have been replaced with SS allen bolts :p lol" Lol

Nah, but i did get the originals out without rounding them, engine was out of the car though which always helps.

[Alex J]

"Forgets to mention they have been replaced with SS allen bolts :p lol" Lol

Nah, but i did get the originals out without rounding them, engine was out of the car though which always helps.now im sad:(

[mowgli]

wd40 uses capillary action to get into the tiniest holes, as the underside of the bolt head is not going to be perfectly flat, so some gets in & every little helps

[Rich]

Drill, and a big hammer to mash the pully getting it off after. I replaced with posh torx bolts, and a new bottom pulley lol

All depends whos been at it before

[Alex J]

Drill, and a big hammer to mash the pully getting it off after. I replaced with posh torx bolts, and a new bottom pulley lol

All depends whos been at it beforewell, just to brighten your days up, ALL six broke off, and are stuck in the bloody thing, and will not come out, even an axe wont fix this onelol

[Adam]

Fail :(

[Bubba]

well, just to brighten your days up, ALL six broke off, and are stuck in the bloody thing, and will not come out, even an axe wont fix this onelol

grinder? or maybe just keep hitting with a hammer...lol

[mowgli]

a bit of heat is also good at removing the chemical bond of loctite..

[Alex J]

a great BIG hammer got the piece of s*it off, along with a drill and lots of f ing and geffing!!! almost put an axe to it,(thanks to paul telling me AXE IT, AXE IT), stupid idea those stupid spline bolts are:mad:

[Paul]

I removed 4 out of 6. Welded nuts onto the bolt threads still no joy!

[mowgli]

centre punch & drill time.........

[John]

well, just to brighten your days up, ALL six broke off, and are stuck in the bloody thing, and will not come out, even an axe wont fix this onelol

yay! what do i win?

[mowgli]

the bolt heads????

[Sloth]

my first xe nova i had to drill em all out, next one they all undid too well. always threadlock em in. autovaux charge £5 for a full set of new ones

[bainyboy sr]

lol mine only has 4 bolts as the other ones wont go back in lol

[Alex J]

lol mine only has 4 bolts as the other ones wont go back in lolrep for bodge, thats how mines going onlol

[Sloth]

self tappered and chem metal ftw.

[mowgli]

pop rivets are quicker

[GRUNT 16V]

i voted three as this is the same as mine !!!!!!!!! i later replaced them with the later type!!

[bainyboy sr]

rep for bodge, thats how mines going onlol

lmao cheers it seems to hold so **** it ha ha

[Alex J]

lol lol lol at people still having a vote!

[Rich]

They always put extra in from the factory, 3 bolts will do!

[Bubba]

They always put extra in from the factory, 3 bolts will do!

that goes for everything...when i did a gearbox swap on my cav i had 12 bolts left over...i know 8 were from my old box...but the other 4 :confused::confused:

[Damo]

Well when i did mine all of them came out no problem and they were the splines ones too but just to be precautionary a replaced them with the external type ones lol.