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Is this a normal or reverse thread? Lefty loosy/righty tighty or lefty tighty/righty loosy.
I had a pulley explode months ago, and I'm finally getting around to fixing it. I have already sheared off 2 brand new high quality T50 torx bits. I just bought a propane torch and plan to heat it up good before cranking on it.
I need to know 100% what way this bolt comes out. "I think" just isn't going to cut it. Thanks
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Sirius wrote:Think about it. You’re tooling down the road in your Prius, knowing full-well that this thing being green is as big a sham as federally mandated ethanol-enriched gas, Russia pulling out of Ukraine, and Obamacare.
That is not a regular bolt. It is a reverse thread so it will loosen by spinning to the right.
One suggestion -find a W-body and get that bolt off one of them -they have a regular bolt head to mate with a 15mm socket.
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Use the torch, get it red hot, and take a candle to the head of the bolt, and and melt some of it into the bolt. It will wick down the threads, and the wax acts like a penetrating lubricant.
Bye Bye: RIP sandrock
Sirius wrote:Think about it. You’re tooling down the road in your Prius, knowing full-well that this thing being green is as big a sham as federally mandated ethanol-enriched gas, Russia pulling out of Ukraine, and Obamacare.
The threads are not even close to exposed like that. The head of the torx bolt is almost an 1" big. Then there is the pulley bearing with broken plastic everywhere.
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Sirius wrote:Think about it. You’re tooling down the road in your Prius, knowing full-well that this thing being green is as big a sham as federally mandated ethanol-enriched gas, Russia pulling out of Ukraine, and Obamacare.
That sucks Andrew. You don't have one off of one of your parts cars? lol
Bye Bye: RIP sandrock
Sirius wrote:Think about it. You’re tooling down the road in your Prius, knowing full-well that this thing being green is as big a sham as federally mandated ethanol-enriched gas, Russia pulling out of Ukraine, and Obamacare.
harofreak00 wrote:I need to know 100% what way this bolt comes out. "I think" just isn't going to cut it. Thanks
It appears that only Marty knew what he was talking about here. I brought the tensioner assembly to my Dad's shop today to see if we could drill the old bolt out. It turns out it was reverse thread. We managed to get the bolt out, and I have a new bolt on order ($5).
Kind of frustrated with the incorrect answers I received, cost me a lot of time and energy.
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Haro, too bad. If its any consolation I have never been able to remove the ilder pulley bolt (#8) no matter what amount of leverage I have put on it. I can only hope this pulley holds out. I was told that only the Tensioner pulley #3 was reverse thread, so I am a little confused now, or maybe enlighted as to why I couldn't get the idler pulley #8 to come off, because I was assuming it was a regular thread.
In fact, when getting a quote to replace the idler pulley #8 at the dealership (just for kicks) they said they don't replace that pulley -- they replace the whole assembly. I guess they can't get that bolt to let loose either.
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Sirius wrote:Think about it. You’re tooling down the road in your Prius, knowing full-well that this thing being green is as big a sham as federally mandated ethanol-enriched gas, Russia pulling out of Ukraine, and Obamacare.
