T25 VVT bolt seized in housing...
#8
I stripped mine, then got a new torx bit of the right size, hammered it into the screw, put a 3/8 ratchet on it, and started hammering on the ratchet (pushing the bit into the stripped screw) while slowly increasing the amount of torque on the ratchet to unscrew it. Works perfect, I've never failed to remove as tripped torx with this method. You gotta smash the crap out of the ratchet with a hammer though.
#13
THANK YOU EVERYONE!!!!
SUCCESS!!!!
I thought, well, I'll try the hammer trick... I tapped a t30 into the bolt, then, using a ratchet, i tapped the head with a 2 pound sledge. AND POOF! came right out!
the intake cam seal was REALLY stuck on, using two different seal pullers i have, i ended up pulling the metal spring halfway out of the rubber seal, and then I finally could pull the seal out.
replaced water pump, that fat bitch of an o ring on the lower coolant passage, o ring on the top water passage tube thing, timing backing plate, and cam gears are back on, i put a TINY spot of anti seize on the three new torx bolts on the intake cam, so hopefully they'll be easier next time.
I used 19 ft/lb on the water pump and flange bolts, and 40 ft/lb on the both 17mm and 14mm cam bolts.
It's dark here now, so I cleaned up, and will do the timing belt and valve cover tomorrow.
Thanks again everyone! Really helped me in a jam!
SUCCESS!!!!
I thought, well, I'll try the hammer trick... I tapped a t30 into the bolt, then, using a ratchet, i tapped the head with a 2 pound sledge. AND POOF! came right out!
the intake cam seal was REALLY stuck on, using two different seal pullers i have, i ended up pulling the metal spring halfway out of the rubber seal, and then I finally could pull the seal out.
replaced water pump, that fat bitch of an o ring on the lower coolant passage, o ring on the top water passage tube thing, timing backing plate, and cam gears are back on, i put a TINY spot of anti seize on the three new torx bolts on the intake cam, so hopefully they'll be easier next time.
I used 19 ft/lb on the water pump and flange bolts, and 40 ft/lb on the both 17mm and 14mm cam bolts.
It's dark here now, so I cleaned up, and will do the timing belt and valve cover tomorrow.
Thanks again everyone! Really helped me in a jam!
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Vvt is closer to 60 ft/lbs. if a bolt is bigger, it'll rarely be the same torque spec.
Also with spinny things, loctite isn't a bad idea. Anti seize is. I'd personally use (with new screws) blue loctite.
Also with spinny things, loctite isn't a bad idea. Anti seize is. I'd personally use (with new screws) blue loctite.
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