rounded bolt, Can't remove auxiliary drive belt !!

[Gawri20]

trying to change the head gasket on a peugeot 306 and need to remove the drive belt to get at the timing belt, tried to take of the manually adjusted pulley to slacken the drivebelt but the bloody bolt rounded off and now I can't take it off!!!

what do i do ?? im thinking about just cutting off the drivebelt and buying a new one and just worry about the pulley later?

but how would i remove this bolt? its in real tight space.

thanks
Gawri

[Redler]

I used the sockets and the gas gun on my exhaust bolts. Heated them up for agesssss and then cracked on the sockets and managed to get the bolts off!

http://www.screwfix.com/p/irwin-5-piece-bolt-grip-...

http://www.screwfix.com/p/gogas-fine-flame-tech-to...

[mike88]

Cut the belt off, remove the head and you'll have a damn sight more room to work to remove the damaged bolt.

[davepoth]

mike88 said:

Cut the belt off, remove the head and you'll have a damn sight more room to work to remove the damaged bolt.

That. Worst case you can take it to an engineering shop and get them to sort it.

[Gawri20]

instead of loosening the belt, is it possible to remove one of the accessories like power steering pump, so that there is a lot of slack on the belt? is that not possible ?

[Prof Prolapse]

Redler said:

I used the sockets and the gas gun on my exhaust bolts. Heated them up for agesssss and then cracked on the sockets and managed to get the bolts off!

http://www.screwfix.com/p/irwin-5-piece-bolt-grip-...

^^^ This is one of the best purchases I ever made.

ETA: Need the space for a socket though.... And possibly access to smash it on, so probably a no go.

Edited by Prof Prolapse on Friday 10th August 16:53

[Krikkit]

davepoth said:

mike88 said:

Cut the belt off, remove the head and you'll have a damn sight more room to work to remove the damaged bolt.

That. Worst case you can take it to an engineering shop and get them to sort it.

This both times. Cut and replace the aux belt, get the head off and give yourself loads of room to tackle the swine. Don't forget that if you really get stuck the engine isn't hard to drop down a few inches for access.

[Gawri20]

Krikkit said:

davepoth said:

mike88 said:

Cut the belt off, remove the head and you'll have a damn sight more room to work to remove the damaged bolt.

That. Worst case you can take it to an engineering shop and get them to sort it.

This both times. Cut and replace the aux belt, get the head off and give yourself loads of room to tackle the swine. Don't forget that if you really get stuck the engine isn't hard to drop down a few inches for access.

hopefully i dont have to drop the engine out, lol i spent all my cash on tools cause i had nothing before lol

[Krikkit]

Gawri20 said:

Krikkit said:

davepoth said:

mike88 said:

Cut the belt off, remove the head and you'll have a damn sight more room to work to remove the damaged bolt.

That. Worst case you can take it to an engineering shop and get them to sort it.

This both times. Cut and replace the aux belt, get the head off and give yourself loads of room to tackle the swine. Don't forget that if you really get stuck the engine isn't hard to drop down a few inches for access.

hopefully i dont have to drop the engine out, lol i spent all my cash on tools cause i had nothing before lol

I don't mean engine-out. If you get stuck with something like that get a jack with block under the sump to take the weight, undo the driver's side engine mount and lower the engine down a couple of inches to give you better access.

It's a good trick when stuck with cambelt/aux bolts - had to use the same trick on the Girl's Focus a couple of weeks ago for a massively tight 10mm bolt (torque wrench reckoned >50Nm for a 10mm!)