Alternator bolt question

[fahrvegnugen at cox.net (David Utley)]

Every motherfucker with a pickup here has those...  Give it up!

David
> 
> From: Neptuno <neptunonc@yahoo.com>
> Date: 2005/07/22 Fri PM 03:50:18 EDT
> To: Dan Bubb <jdbubb@verizon.net>,  roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca
> CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: Re: Alternator bolt question
> 
> Your Rocco needs a hitch so you can hang these:
> http://www.darkdarling.com/images/balls.jpg
> 
> 
> Dan Bubb <jdbubb@verizon.net> wrote:
> an 8mm triple square (inner CV bolt) hammered into a rounded 6mm hex bolt 
> will sometimes work.
> Don't know if there's space in this application for the longer socket or 
> even room to hammer it in.
> 
> I know your frustration.
> Sit down, have a beer and yell "Balls!" really loudly.
> Sometimes that helps ;^)
> Dan
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "C Boyko" 
> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 2:49 PM
> Subject: RE: Re: Alternator bolt question
> 
> 
> > On 2:08:56 pm 07/22/05 "Jim Ruffi" wrote:
> >> A little pick tool, available at the parts store, can be used to
> >> scrape the dirt out of the head, which will allow you get that wrench
> >> as far in as possible. There are about a million other uses for the
> >> little pick, my favorite of which is locating a hole when you're
> >> trying to bolt something through carpeting and can't find the hole
> >> you just drilled.
> >> Like this one:
> >> http://www.ipdusa.com/productscat.aspx?CategoryID=143&NodeID=4583&Root
> >> ID=629
> >>
> >>
> >
> > I have the pick (a genuine Snap-On at that) used it, kroiled, hammered in
> > the socket, loosened the shaft part by moving the alternator up and down,
> > turned the wrench and it didn't snap. It rounded. By now I'm pretty
> > confident that it would have done so for anyone, (perhaps it was
> > pre-rounded by my nephew's previous eforts on the car) I DO know how to
> > remove a bucket bolt, or at least I tend to snap rather than round them. 
> > So
> > I've tried using a cold chisel to make a slot, and struck it again at an
> > angle to jar it loose, still won't move, and I have no clearance to get my
> > vice grips on it, that is, if I could find them, the kid has them
> > somewhere. Sorry to rant, I have just totally had it with cars, I spend 
> > all
> > my free time on them, and this one will cost me two tows and a pile of
> > money. Maybe I should just go for the tow, the price of scrap is up after
> > all. 
> >
> >
> > Oh, and hubby just headed out in the POS Jetta, it hasn't seen road time
> > for two months, due to the need of what you may ask? Oh, an alternator.
> > Yeah, he'll kill it. Not that I care in any way about that one.
> >
> > Cathy
> >
> > 
> 
> 
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