I had a T3 turbo on my car but it blew somehow. My charge pipes were filled with oil.

Anyway, my friend who is doing a RB25 swap in his 300zx gave me the T28 turbo from the motor to put on my car.

Since the mounting points are different for the in-line 6 and my motor I have to rotate the center section. All of the bolts came out within one or two wacks of a hammer except one. It wasn't even any of the bitch bolts, just an easy to access, should be easy to remove bolt.

I tried for about two hours to get it to break loose but couldn't, then I went to work. My friend who originally owned the turbo tried to break the bolt loose but stripped it.

Is there any old wive's remedies for taking this thing out? I was hoping to put the turbo on today and I really don't want to cut the bolt head and tap it.

 

drilling and tapping isnt that bad, or you can use an easy out

 

If its stripped, not broken. Clamp some vice grips on and heat the ****** up.

 

get a gator grip socket

 

heat the bolt til glowing red..melt a candle into the bolt..it will loosen up the threads.
Use some vise grips.
Sometimes I get some walmart vise grips..and weld them to a stuck bolt

 

sorry i never heard of someone stripping a bolt while trying to loosen it....

 

haha have either of you ever worked on anything?

 

vise grips on VERY VERY TIGHT!
lube lube lube before working

get a little torch from osh
and heat that ****** up

if that doesnt work

get a open end wrench and tack weld that sucker on the bolt

 

funny bastard how old are you? the only times i have had a bolt strip is when its been tightened too much, when loosening the only problems ive ran into on a stuck bolt is it breaking at or near to the bolt head......then comes the drilling and tapping i mentioned in my earlier post...if the bolt head is stripped thats different, in that case i would follow any of the posts talking about tac welding a wrench to the head, using a torch or vise grips.

 

they have a socket specifically for that ---- that gator grip socket it sucks! its a razor type socket, when you try to loosen the bolt the razors jag into the bolt and it comes right out! a buddy had stripped a bolt in the head and the gator grip didnt do crap and the razor one did without any prob..It comes in a set of like 5 or 6 sockets with the razor edges..check into it..