This is awful

"PowderHound" (PowderHound)
11/06/2020 at 21:38 • Filed to: None

Fuck this entire week. Should have been smooth sailing but nooooo, Oppo is shutting down, a sheared a wheel stud, and it’s going to take me days to replace. I removed the bolt holding the abs sensor and it is literally fused to everything else. I’m using screwdrivers in attempts to pry it off. I also wrecked several other bolts. Yay

DISCUSSION (18)

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > PowderHound
11/06/2020 at 21:45

Damn, that sucks man! Hopefully they won’t be too big a PITA to get sorted....make sure you join up on one of the Oppo ‘life rafts’ to keep in the loop for when we get a new Oppo v. 2 sorted out!

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > PowderHound
11/06/2020 at 21:45

Looks of goop and or rust? What's going on around the sensor?

Chariotoflove > PowderHound
11/06/2020 at 21:46

I’m sorry man. That stinks.

PowderHound > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
11/06/2020 at 21:50

Rust and I sprayed PB blaster everywhere

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > PowderHound
11/06/2020 at 21:53

Ah. My camshaft position sensor was tough to pry off and I was to be really careful not to score the block, or case, or whatever the heck it was bolted to. If you haven’t, I’d get a flatblade on the opposite side and just start slowly and barely wiggling both. Lots of patience and cursing

PowderHound > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
11/06/2020 at 21:59

Unfortunately I can’t get to the back side. I have a few screwdrivers pried in there and trying to pry and bash it out

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > PowderHound
11/06/2020 at 22:00

Aren't cars great?

Urambo Tauro > PowderHound
11/06/2020 at 22:37

I destroyed a sensor like this trying to get it out.. . Found out later that it would have been cheaper to cut the metal out from around it and replace the back plate instead.

Boxer_4 > PowderHound
11/06/2020 at 22:38

Is there enough room with the tone ring unbolted to sneak the old stud out and the new stud in without removing the ABS sensor? If its possible it would likely be at the 6-o-clock position.

Makes me happy that the newer models have the ABS sensor read off the axle rather than a tone ring on the hub - no ABS sensor to remove when doing lug studs or wheel bearings.

PowderHound > Boxer_4
11/06/2020 at 22:53

Probably… I gave up for the night and let PB Blaster set in so I will check tomorrow . The old one is going some work to knock out but the new one is in the freezer. I’ll work on getting that out first.

PowderHound > Chariotoflove
11/06/2020 at 22:54

It happens with a car this old that started on the east coast. All part of the adventure

DipodomysDeserti > PowderHound
11/06/2020 at 22:59

Do you have access to the other side? If so, find a socket or extension that will fit in there and tap it out. Order a replacement either way, as some of those sensors can be very sensitive. I know BMW wheels speed sensors die if you look at them wrong.

DC3 LS, Fuck Hyundai, now and forever > PowderHound
11/06/2020 at 23:13

I’m out of the loop, why are they killing oppo? Is all of Kinja kill or they just axing us?

PowderHound > DipodomysDeserti
11/06/2020 at 23:16

It’s very tight, I did eventually find a socket I can get back there. It’s a weird angle to hit but I think I can make it work. Left everything to soak in PB Blaster for the night.

PowderHound > DC3 LS, Fuck Hyundai, now and forever
11/06/2020 at 23:18

Because they scared.

Something with FCC laws and them being responsible for everything on their webi verse

DC3 LS, Fuck Hyundai, now and forever > PowderHound
11/06/2020 at 23:19

Wow that’s stupid, as if the FCC is gonna care if someone posts a copyrighted picture here.

PowderHound > Boxer_4
11/07/2020 at 12:54

You sir are a damn genius and savior! I got the old out and new in without touching the ABS sensor all in like 20 minutes this morning.

Boxer_4 > PowderHound
11/07/2020 at 13:33

Glad you got it sorted!