Torque converter bolts
05-03-2010, 12:10 PM
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I triple recommend the ARPs!! mine have been out about 20 times and they dont even have a scratch on them.. Pretty cheap too.
I always had one 8mm allen head socket just for them freakin stock bolts that were soft.
get a hammer and hit the socket a few good times and when your trying to break them loose be sure to keep the socket straight, get it off center and you just stripped it.
I always had one 8mm allen head socket just for them freakin stock bolts that were soft.
get a hammer and hit the socket a few good times and when your trying to break them loose be sure to keep the socket straight, get it off center and you just stripped it.
05-03-2010, 01:23 PM
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Just like taking out a normal bolt, pretty basic. Use a 3/8" socket wrench with a 15mm 6 point socket and use the block as the leverage to keep the socket wrench straight. If you don't have enough muscle to break the bolt free slip a deep socket on the end of the socket wrench with a 3/8" 6" extension as leverage. They come out no problem.
If you have a billet converter you will need to make sure the bolts aren't to long. I always buy new factory bolts for non-billet converters and they have worked fine on every truck I have done.
If you have a billet converter you will need to make sure the bolts aren't to long. I always buy new factory bolts for non-billet converters and they have worked fine on every truck I have done.
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Just like taking out a normal bolt, pretty basic. Use a 3/8" socket wrench with a 15mm 6 point socket and use the block as the leverage to keep the socket wrench straight. If you don't have enough muscle to break the bolt free slip a deep socket on the end of the socket wrench with a 3/8" 6" extension as leverage. They come out no problem.
If you have a billet converter you will need to make sure the bolts aren't to long. I always buy new factory bolts for non-billet converters and they have worked fine on every truck I have done.
If you have a billet converter you will need to make sure the bolts aren't to long. I always buy new factory bolts for non-billet converters and they have worked fine on every truck I have done.
I was hoping someone may have some tricks to offer. A certain bit, use a torch etc etc.
And since I'm sure I may have stripped one, or three I was hoping yall may have some ideas
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i use a allen socket on a 3/8s ratchet and i slide a 2 foot cheater pipe on it... make sure you hold it straight and it goes POP when it breaks loose!!!! never strippped one out before... i guess you could use a big pair of vice grips to get them off it they are stripped... you could pull the trans off and heat the converter up with a torch... where the bolts are and that should help get them out....
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i use a allen socket on a 3/8s ratchet and i slide a 2 foot cheater pipe on it... make sure you hold it straight and it goes POP when it breaks loose!!!! never strippped one out before... i guess you could use a big pair of vice grips to get them off it they are stripped... you could pull the trans off and heat the converter up with a torch... where the bolts are and that should help get them out....
Where you this morning when I was fighting with it lol. I think I stripped one. I can't get my vise grips to hold cause it's at a slight angle.
I hate to pull the trans off the converter. I got it on stands in the ole ladys parking spot. Shed be pissed if I let that much transmission fluid soak into the carport
05-03-2010, 07:53 PM
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When i did my 6.0 swap i couldnt believe my truck had Allen bolts for the converter!
I used an allen wrench and a cheater pipe like said above, they all came out.
Good luck bro, if it gives ya fits, walk away, then come back before you really mess something up.
I used an allen wrench and a cheater pipe like said above, they all came out.
Good luck bro, if it gives ya fits, walk away, then come back before you really mess something up.
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