AS it says im swapping the tranny for a newer one and i stripped the two star bolts on the top of the tranny. Well i have an extractor kit and a high powered drill and the bolts didnt move it all. actually fried my drill. What i am asking is that how do you remove these bolts?
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Pulling AW4 out of cherokee, stripped two start bolts?
- Thread starter FireFly
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tbburg
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- Scottsdale AZ
If the heads aren't too messed up from the drilling effort, you could try pounding a 6-point socket on the remains of the head and see if that will catch it.
I've also heard of someone setting a cheap socket over the star head and tack welding the socket on.
If all else fails you could grind/drill the head completely off and pull the trans/engine apart enough to clear the resulting stud.
Good luck!
I've also heard of someone setting a cheap socket over the star head and tack welding the socket on.
If all else fails you could grind/drill the head completely off and pull the trans/engine apart enough to clear the resulting stud.
Good luck!
tbburg
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- Location
- Scottsdale AZ
It's a bolt with a standard thread/shank and a weird star head. It's not threaded into the bell housing. If you remove the entire head the bolt shank will slide through the hole in the bell housing.
joe_peters
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- Grants Pass, OryGun
BTW--those would be eTorx bolts, just replace them with standard bolts.
hanaxj87
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- Cincinnati,Ohio
Yep what a great idea those torx bolts are?????
Good Luck
Nick
Good Luck
Nick
JJacobs
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- Fort Collins CO
To give every first-time motor or trans swapper a headache? The bolts are E12 head, 3/8 coarse thread.
tbburg
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- Location
- Scottsdale AZ
weird/entertaining similarity:
Long before I bought my XJ, I owned a '83 BMW 633-CSI. 'Had to do the clutch one summer. The 633 has an I6 with a circular bell housing bolt pattern, with 2 bolts "high" lined up with the cylinder deck. Guess what kind of bolt heads those two bolts(and only those two) are.
If you guessed reverse torx, take your prize!
i don't mind the e-torx bolts. i think they stay in the socket better for when you put everything back together. only problem i ever had with e-torx was the dipstick stud, i half spun the stud head when removing it once, but it did come out.
