RE: Bad end of day with my 82

[Colin <cwass99@home.com>]

     Having had to remove badly rounded former allen head bolts, I've found 2
things that work for me.  First is a small pipe wrench, if you can get the
wrench to the bolt.  I don't know if you can get it into the crank pulley,
that's not one I've had to fight with.  It will turn the bolt even at a severe
angle.  I use a pipe wrench with a maximum opening of about 1 1/2" (it's about
5" long) for this kind of problem.  It's small enough to get into the most
amazing places.  I first used it to get the bolts on the water pump pulley after
my friends at Canadian Tire were kind enough to strip out the inside for me.
     The other method I've found involves a Torx bit (3/8 ratchet drive) and
hammer.  Find the Torx bit that's closest to the 6mm allen socket and drive it
in with a hammer, attach the ratchet and away you go.  The bit metal will be
substantially stronger than the bolt, so you won't hurt the Torx bit and with a
little luck, the outside (bit) points will grab enough to spring it loose.  You
can seperate the bit from the bolt later using a vice, hammer and punch.  I
think that process is fairly self evident ;)
     Good luck.

Cheers,
Colin

On 30-Nov-01 Kervin Ridgley wrote:
> OK, the PO is killin' me.  I feel like a star when I work on my 86,
> because most things I do, have never been done before.  There are more
> mistry bolts, wires, and patches on this 82 than I've ever seem before. 
> I got the new head on. Started on setting the timeing and what do you
> know.  There are 3 different kinds of heads on the crank pulley.  The
> last 6mm allen one, is rounded out.  I'd like help one one of two
> things.
> 1. How do I get the bolt out
> or
> 2. How do I set the timings removing the bottom half of the old style
> timebelt cover
> 
> The car was kind of hopped up.  g-grind, big throdel body, patched
> intake from too much grinding, 4-2 manifold, belt bypass of the ac.  I
> never knew what all the hub-bub was about removing the ac before I saw
> this car.  My 86 ac just has a toothed bracket holding it on.  The 82
> must have 30 pounds of steel just to hold the ac. WTF is that?  If VW
> had put half of that effort to hold the compressor in place into making
> stronger door handles, we'd all be better off.
> -- 
> Kervin
> 80 1.7 8v
> 82 1.7 8v The gift 
> 86 1.8 8v 
> 00 tt600 more HP than my car
> 00 Habanero my cheap ti ride
> 00 IF Delux
> 
> 
> 
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