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Kujotk

By Kujotk,
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well i have snapped of an exhaust (turbo-dump pipe) bolt on my r33 gtst while changeing my exhaust from a cat back to a turbo back...... while calling a few of those mobile thread and bolt repairers this seems to be a common problem on r33's and even worse on r32's. Because of my tight assness i didnt go and buy wd40 ($4) and i left my RP7 at ABO BOB's place last saturday. Ive been Quoted $140 from one guy to take out the broken bolt and he should be able to do it without taking the turbo out of the car. Another guy quoted me $180 to take it out and also replace the other bolts with new stronger bolts but i have to take the turbo out of the car for him to do it.

what i want to do is try to dril the bugger out myself without takeing the turbo out (which can be done because luckily its the top bolt that broke) and not paying for someone elses time.

Failing that i'll have to get the $140 guy to do it

so does anybody want to lend me this drill, better if it can drill in reverse???? and i'll throw in the reverse drill bits that i use because i shouldnt need them again.... hopefully

and has anyone done this before????

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13mm is pretty strange to use fullstop on a car or a motorcycle..... i have never come across a 13mm head on any of the cars ive fiddled around with and never ever used one on a motorcycle, and i used to work at a motorcycle shop.....

oh well atleast my dads 13mm sockets and spanners are in new condition lol

it should be all good though, i tried to get it out today with different methods (none involving a drill coz i dont have the drill) and the bastard wont budge.... i have bitten the bullet and am getting an overpriced pro to do it for me..... also i'll get an oil change at the local mechanics and while hes got it jacked up or on a hoist i'll bolt up the exhaust at the same time.....

For intrests sake the boys at MIDAS in castle hill industrial were very helpful, gave me a few tips and even gave me high tensile replacement bolts with springs and washers (which i recon should have been on the car anyway from nissan) for free which was good of them... alternative was wait for nissan to send up 4 bolts from victoria....

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this could cost you a total of $20 if your car is driveable, it will still probably be driveable without the exhaust - only very loud and you risk getting reamed by a copper who knows his emissions laws.

take it to an exhaust place and get them to WELD on a nut to the broken bolt. when thats done, drench it in WD40 and use a normal socket set to unbolt it.

easy done, its a very common problem especially on the exhaust manifold studs on the head. this is what we do to get them out.

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thanks mitch

its a 13mm head not sure bout thread though

sorry Tom totally slipped my mind.

this could cost you a total of $20 if your car is driveable, it will still probably be driveable without the exhaust - only very loud and you risk getting reamed by a copper who knows his emissions laws.

take it to an exhaust place and get them to WELD on a nut to the broken bolt. when thats done, drench it in WD40 and use a normal socket set to unbolt it.

easy done, its a very common problem especially on the exhaust manifold studs on the head. this is what we do to get them out.

should have told you this as well this is what we did to get one of the studs out. if the thread is fine and you can get 2 nuts on it then you can do the above no need to weld.

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