Trouble removing Flex Plate

satori Wolfsburg Wizard

497 posts · joined May 2008 · 11 Apr 2013, 9:10 pm

#950986

Hi all. Im trying to remove a flex plate off a 2.1 wasser and replace it with a fly wheel. The 5 hex head boilts just wont budge. Tried with a impact wrench but with no results. and with a long wrench with a hex head socket but almost stripped them. Any ideads.

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donn Wolfsburg Elder

3,515 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 11 Apr 2013, 9:14 pm

#950988

Drill the heads off? once the load is off then the remainder of the bolt should be able to be removed easily.

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matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 11 Apr 2013, 9:29 pm

#950994

^^Unless they've been loctited???

Heat and replace bolts

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ragged Just ask if you need HELP!

478 posts · joined Jan 2005 · 12 Apr 2013, 11:09 am

#951050

Get a better quality socket. You will find heavy duty sockets only have 6 flats to contact the bolt head.
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vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 · 12 Apr 2013, 12:40 pm

#951054

ragged wrote:Get a better quality socket. You will find heavy duty sockets only have 6 flats to contact the bolt head.
Dave

yes and long breaker bar.

those bolts I think are like 80 or 90 ft-lb so yeah thats tight for their size.

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VolksVair Officially Full-On Dubber

252 posts · joined Apr 2010 · 13 Apr 2013, 8:42 am

#951169

Daves on the money with a single hex socket, if you want to round bolts & nuts go the double hex, I allways use single hex to crack a bolt/nut then use the double hex to remove if its in a confined area

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2,672 posts · joined Jun 2008 · 13 Apr 2013, 6:37 pm

#951233

matberry wrote:^^Unless they've been loctited???

Heat and replace bolts

And use the single hex,the heat will help crack the loctite.