Clocking sr turbo but rounding bolts
#1
Clocking sr turbo but rounding bolts
I got two of the chra bolts loose but the wrench just keeps slipping on the other two and it’s starting to round them off. My wrenches have dents in them from the bolts rounding off. What do I do? I’m afraid to keep trying because if it gets much worse then they won’t come out...
#7
I don't have any sort of torch or stuff like that, but I've got a friend who has one that I can probably borrow. I'll soak it for a couple days with penetrating lube and chuck it in the freezer the night before. My worry is again if I can't get it off then I'm going to end up rounding the bolts off. So let's prepare for plan B:
Say I do round the two remaining ones off, If I cut them off how does that work? Cut off the heads and then will the CHRA then be free from the turbine housing (with some coaxing)? The other two bolts won't completely come out bc they hit the CHRA before you can fully unthread them. This leads me to believe that the turbine housing will still be stuck (by a few threads on the two good bolts) to the CHRA even if I cut the two bolts off. So where do I go from there? If I cut the bolts off then I'm planning on welding a nut on to the remaining studs (assuming the CHRA and turbine housing will separate), and then I can extract the rest of the cut bolt out. I suppose I could just cut all 4 bolts off and then there would be no issue with getting the CHRA and turbine housing separated, I'm going to need at least two new bolts anyways...
I appreciate any thought or suggestions, I like to have a plan before I start something!
Say I do round the two remaining ones off, If I cut them off how does that work? Cut off the heads and then will the CHRA then be free from the turbine housing (with some coaxing)? The other two bolts won't completely come out bc they hit the CHRA before you can fully unthread them. This leads me to believe that the turbine housing will still be stuck (by a few threads on the two good bolts) to the CHRA even if I cut the two bolts off. So where do I go from there? If I cut the bolts off then I'm planning on welding a nut on to the remaining studs (assuming the CHRA and turbine housing will separate), and then I can extract the rest of the cut bolt out. I suppose I could just cut all 4 bolts off and then there would be no issue with getting the CHRA and turbine housing separated, I'm going to need at least two new bolts anyways...
I appreciate any thought or suggestions, I like to have a plan before I start something!
#8
How much effort is this worth? I have no idea what an sr turbo is, or why you would put one on an MX. Presumably this is something you picked up used, perhaps it came off another car of yours, else it would have come apart more readily. So is this particular turbo worth all this grief you are getting? Maybe it is trying to tell you something?
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How much effort is this worth? I have no idea what an sr turbo is, or why you would put one on an MX. Presumably this is something you picked up used, perhaps it came off another car of yours, else it would have come apart more readily. So is this particular turbo worth all this grief you are getting? Maybe it is trying to tell you something?
To the OP, you have to use a closed wrench on those (and pretty much should use one any time you can be an open ended wrench)
#10
How much effort is this worth? I have no idea what an sr turbo is, or why you would put one on an MX. Presumably this is something you picked up used, perhaps it came off another car of yours, else it would have come apart more readily. So is this particular turbo worth all this grief you are getting? Maybe it is trying to tell you something?
#11
Good luck, mine were a pain in the *** to remove, I destroyed most of them.
put the whole turbo in the oven, get it nice and hot, then oil and try to undo the bolts.
the oven trick also works great for separating the exhaust housing from the CHRA (that and hitting it with a big soft face hammer)
when reassembling I shifted the holding washers, so that the split part is under the most difficult spots.
put the whole turbo in the oven, get it nice and hot, then oil and try to undo the bolts.
the oven trick also works great for separating the exhaust housing from the CHRA (that and hitting it with a big soft face hammer)
when reassembling I shifted the holding washers, so that the split part is under the most difficult spots.
#12
Good idea Frofro.
I was a dumbass and went hunting and found a wrench thin enough to get the box end on one of the bolts and got it loose! That still leaves one stuck on there though. Box end is impossible, I’d need to sand it down to a few mms to be able to fit and I don’t think that’s the best idea. I’m hoping thermal physics will help get the last one off. Tried just fitting an open end on it last night and it was super loose on there, I think the bolt is mostly done in.
I was a dumbass and went hunting and found a wrench thin enough to get the box end on one of the bolts and got it loose! That still leaves one stuck on there though. Box end is impossible, I’d need to sand it down to a few mms to be able to fit and I don’t think that’s the best idea. I’m hoping thermal physics will help get the last one off. Tried just fitting an open end on it last night and it was super loose on there, I think the bolt is mostly done in.
#17
If you are hitting things with a hammer, Id use a cold chisel, or center punch, and try to hammer the edge of the bolt head to get it rotating lose