"Funktheduck" (funktheduck)
06/17/2019 at 14:57 • Filed to: None
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"Funktheduck" (funktheduck)
06/17/2019 at 14:57 • Filed to: None | 3
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Got the bolt out. Made a quick stop by HF and bought more tools than I needed.
Wound up using: 19 mm bolt extractor, 3/8-1/2 impact adapter (broke my non impact one yesterday) , short 6 spline 19mm impact on an extender to the impact gun.
Put the extractor on the adaptor and then on the breaker bar on the stripped head bolt and then the impact gun on the nut. Came right off. Would’ve done it that way yesterday but I didn’t have a short (only deep impact socket in 19mm). It soaked in PB blaster all night and I gave it another spray before work this morning. Had to order a new bolt from Toyota ($7) and it’ll be here tomorrow morning which is when amazon says the new quick strut will arrive.
Something I left out yesterday: installing one of the front strut and torquing the nut on the top post and the post sheared off. Another post felt like it was about to and the third post just spun. So I got a defective unit. Overall, the installation of them are so easy I’ll never use non quick struts again if I’m doing the work.
Ps: this torque gun is the jam
Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
> Funktheduck
06/17/2019 at 15:57 |
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Excellent! Glad the bolt extractor bit worked. I gotta find a set of those in half inch size in order to avoid using an adapter with the impact. That is bound to be an even more powerful tool to keep in the arsenal. Because I have actually broken an adapter with the 3/8 one you’re using. Although I guess that means the tool is pretty good if the adapters break first!
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Funktheduck
> Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
06/17/2019 at 16:14 |
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My original non impact adapter gave me the middle finger yesterday so I needed something stronger. Unfortunately HF only had the extractors in 3/8. They were out of a lot of metric stuff today so I thought maybe they were just out of the 1/2 extractors but nope.
RacinBob
> Funktheduck
06/17/2019 at 21:12 |
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When dealing with stubborn fasteners, the breaker bar must be used with prudence. It’s the impact that breaks the bolt free. Whereas , a breaker bar usually just breaks the bolt......
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Funktheduck
> RacinBob
06/18/2019 at 09:18 |
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In my case it broke the 1/2->3/8 adapter. I was trying to go but side instead of bolt side after bolt side didn’t work but my only regular depth 19mm socket was non impact. Caliper side of the strut seemed to have that designed to have a socket with extension bc of the curves in the caliper.
In the end it all worked out.