Tensioner "special tool" stuck in engine
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Tensioner "special tool" stuck in engine
This damn rebuild is one step forward and then a giant leap back coupled with a kick to the groin. Taking the timing belt off before and you might have read that the timing belt tensioner "special tool" I'd made was feeling a little tight to unscrew, so I elected to wait until the head came off when I could get some more leverage on it. So I did that tonight, cranked it around a few turns and low & behold the threaded rod snapped. I now have about 1/2" coming out of the inner timing belt cover, and on the other side I have about 1" still all the way through.
Question is what do I do now? I tried double-nutting it on the timing belt cover side but it was just pulling the nut off the rod (think the threads there are warped. Only thing I could possibly think of would be to cut into the timing belt cover and actually try and screw it all the way through the other side (would be very tough as tensioner side I'd have to bend the rod and there's not much space to play with.
Any other ideas before I contemplate drinking myself into a stupor?
Question is what do I do now? I tried double-nutting it on the timing belt cover side but it was just pulling the nut off the rod (think the threads there are warped. Only thing I could possibly think of would be to cut into the timing belt cover and actually try and screw it all the way through the other side (would be very tough as tensioner side I'd have to bend the rod and there's not much space to play with.
Any other ideas before I contemplate drinking myself into a stupor?
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Also, you should have used copper anti-sieze on it. The bolt probably would have been fine if you would have done that.
Sorry dude that sucks. Definitely take the timing cover off, see if you can screw it all the way in, otherwise jbweld the nut on the end and see if you can get enough torque on it to get it out. Use PBBlaster on it first, to loosen it up!
Sorry dude that sucks. Definitely take the timing cover off, see if you can screw it all the way in, otherwise jbweld the nut on the end and see if you can get enough torque on it to get it out. Use PBBlaster on it first, to loosen it up!
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Don't have a Harbor Freight (whatever that is) in Okinawa! Think I'm going to try and pull the mount, and then get the mounting off the block, either from the top (preferable to me) or the bottom.
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