[Vwdiesel] Alternate use for spline tool set.

[Mark Shepherd]

Ha  I feel an invention coming on ...
Hmm lets call it an Impact Driver ;o)
Seriously though I spent five years belting one of those into
those driveshaft
bolts until I bothered to clean the caked on muck out of one and
discovered its
 a 12pt or 3 square, then life got a lot easier...
Miser


At 11:47 AM 8/27/05 EDT, you wrote:
>When the one started to round, I quickly grabbed my spline
>set and hammered the 12 pt 12mm spline into the allen head.  It
took the bolt
>out easy as pie.  I have used the same method for rounded
intake manifold
>bolts on the diesels (just not the 12mm on those).  Cheers.
>
>Andrew

Maybe the hammer shock driving the spline released the loctite.
I've heard this is how to get locked screws out.

When I remove C-shaft pulleys for a T-belt change, I give the
pulley screws
a sharp whack before applying torque, and they come out every
time. Before
this practice, I rounded many.

Sandy