The big experiment - amateur 3B shenanigans

[s2dude]

aww man. a whole separate set of sockets, just for the driveshafts? you gotta wonder why an allen head or normal torx head wasn't good enough.
ah nuts.
cheers for the advice mate

The one bonus is that once youve bought the tolls you've got em for life

torx socket are pretty common nowadays so you will need them again for sure

[Nj]

i've got a decent set of torx sockets though. have i got the wrong end of the stick? is it a special set of torx because the bolt heads look 10 or 12 pointed or something. more than the standard torx anyway. i just don't want to strip another head if I can avoid it.

[Fat Audi 80]

Tighten up the others widen the slot and use a impact driver like below and it should come out no bother give it a little heat if you want but you should not need it

Raj Aby

That's the kiddy

My old man had one and its a real life saver. *Must invest in one...*

Back on topic. Hats off to you. That is a mamouth task

Good luck.

Cheers,

steve.

[s2dude]

I bought my set from machine mart.
Was about £30 iirc and had the 10 or 12 pointed star ones as well as the standard ones.
best set ive seen TBO.
Came in a metal tin and defo has one that fits the driveshaft cos I used mine for it...
Just use the socket adapter in the tin and a wrench and your away

[Nj]

That's the kiddy

My old man had one and its a real life saver. *Must invest in one...*

Back on topic. Hats off to you. That is a mamouth task

Good luck.

Cheers,

steve.

well i spent about an hour under the car on sat morning with the impact driver and blow torch and couldn't get the buggr to move. I even put the allen socket on it and battered it into the bolt head, then gave it a good impact drivering. nuffin. I did get all 6 bolts loosened ok at the front though. It's just that one and I really don't want to cut it off and mess about trying to get the remains out later.
If the royal mail would ever deliver the cans of freeze spray i'll be giving that a bash.

cheers for the support by the way. very much needed.

[Nj]

I bought my set from machine mart.
Was about £30 iirc and had the 10 or 12 pointed star ones as well as the standard ones.
best set ive seen TBO.
Came in a metal tin and defo has one that fits the driveshaft cos I used mine for it...
Just use the socket adapter in the tin and a wrench and your away

aha! now I got ya. i'll go looking tomorrow if I can escape the office at lunchtime.
cheers

[Nj]

since i'm waiting for the freeze spray to continue underneath I started taking apart the front end.

it sure is scary when you don't really know what you're doing

[Nj]

I bought my set from machine mart.
Was about £30 iirc and had the 10 or 12 pointed star ones as well as the standard ones.
best set ive seen TBO.
Came in a metal tin and defo has one that fits the driveshaft cos I used mine for it...
Just use the socket adapter in the tin and a wrench and your away

is this the set mate?

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/cht144-40-pce-torxspline-bit-holder-s

[baltiboyS2]

is this the set mate?
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/pr...e-bit-holder-s

Thats them you

Raj ABY

[s2dude]

is this the set mate?
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/pr...e-bit-holder-s

Thats the one

[Mikes2]

For the bolt, I would suggest a set of twist sockets like these

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEILSON-10PC-S...QQcmdZViewItem

Irwin tools also make a set which I got for around £30

[Nj]

cheers mike. good to see you pop up in my thread

of course when i finish the s2 i'll need another project to make use of the extra tools

[drmatrix]

All,
this is the new Guy, awesome thread im inspired cant wait to get mine so i cant start my own project.

keep up the hard work dude

[Nj]

cheers mate. all support welcome. Nuvo is coming down Sat morning to give me a hand so hopefully there'll be a flurry of activity to report on.

[Fat Audi 80]

well i spent about an hour under the car on sat morning with the impact driver and blow torch and couldn't get the buggr to move. I even put the allen socket on it and battered it into the bolt head, then gave it a good impact drivering. nuffin. I did get all 6 bolts loosened ok at the front though. It's just that one and I really don't want to cut it off and mess about trying to get the remains out later.
If the royal mail would ever deliver the cans of freeze spray i'll be giving that a bash.

cheers for the support by the way. very much needed.

You need the support, you must have balls the size of melons to attempt this!

I really hope you do succeed though.

Cheers,

Steve.