rear starter bolt ain’t moving (and front is a bitch too)

[lazy]

I think you're correct that milwaukee is competitive with makita. I bought 12v and I'm not upgrading to 18v anytime soon. So, it's 12v makits tools for me.

I will say, i have had to warranty one power tool and it was a milwaukee. Sort of a pita as i had to drop it off at their repair center (thank goodness there is one where i live) and pick it up there.

I just upgraded all my hand tools and looked hard at milwaukee's new line. The square sockets seemed like a cool idea, but if you can fit a long socket in there you can fit a short socket and a rachet. At the end of the day, i went with tekton tools. Too many positive reviews of them standing behind their products without the headaches of getting something warrantied out.

 

[Grandlooser]

I don't find one to be a clear winner over the other and I have many of both. I find Milwaukee sawzalls to be the best but for cordless stuff my lxt makitas are bomb proof. I think both are good choices.

 

[zapatius]

I was just complaining loudly to myself about how there was so little room to work with when I did the starter, fuel filter, PHH and PHH neighbor. Oh yeah, and when I left the EVAP VCV hoses unconnected and dangling off the plenum. I'm just amazed you got an impact in there. I used a day's soaking of Corrosion-X Aviation and then one extension on a 1/2" socket wrench.

I've got a Dewalt 20V Max XR impact that I'm very fond of. Wanted to have it instead of air so I can take it on the trail too. 1200 ft-lbs of breakaway torque was pretty good for cordless, I thought.

 

[landcruiser3DP]

I was just complaining loudly to myself about how there was so little room to work with when I did the starter, fuel filter, PHH and PHH neighbor. Oh yeah, and when I left the EVAP VCV hoses unconnected and dangling off the plenum. I'm just amazed you got an impact in there. I used a day's soaking of Corrosion-X Aviation and then one extension on a 1/2" socket wrench.

I've got a Dewalt 20V Max XR impact that I'm very fond of. Wanted to have it instead of air so I can take it on the trail too. 1200 ft-lbs of breakaway torque was pretty good for cordless, I thought.

LOL. i worked every angle i could think of in 105 degree temps to the point it was like a bad joke.
the tip from bilt4me with the closed end 17mm wrench in retrospect might really work here. i was able to get the closed end /just/ over the head of the bolt but the open end was hard up against the well and it’s a short wrench so at the time it was a non starter. but the double wrench trick might really work here.
anyway, i got the rear one off finally the moved to the front thinking it would be a piece of cake and after about an hour and a half and i’m crawling all around on the front one and trying just about every angle - i swore a blue streak for like a full minute and just shoved the ****er in.
when it let go i was pretty pleased with myself i must admit. LOL.

 

[graham5david]

So the end wrench worked?

 

[landcruiser3DP]

So the end wrench worked?

hi graham.
i think you are referring to the 17mm wrench with another wrench as a longer lever arm?
it did not work be side i didn’t try it but i think it might in fact work in this case. i didn’t know about it until after but i think there is a shot it would.
i’m still not sure if the height (or location??) of the stud on the AC delco makes it harder with that starter but i would not be surprised.

 

[Grandlooser]

Ate there other threads on the forum which pertain to singular bolts? Sounds like must read material.

Edit: disregard. I stupidly didn't even think of crank bolts. That's cheating though.

 

[landcruiser3DP]

Ate there other threads on the forum which pertain to singular bolts? Sounds like must read material.

Edit: disregard. I stupidly didn't even think of crank bolts. That's cheating though.

it would be nice to have thread with pics of methods to get hard to reach or leverage stick hard to reach bolts though...

 

[Grandlooser]

I might have just started it.

 

[landcruiser3DP]

I might have just started it.

it would be a really good thread. if you’re a noob and struggling you could pull it up and scroll through for a solution.
god know how many frustrating hours are spent in these rigs trying to find a solution to a stuck or hard to reach (or both) bolt.