What brand of socket are you using? 13mm? I guess I don't have a thin wall enough socket that works. 1/4" drive or 3/8" drive?
What brand of socket are you using? 13mm? I guess I don't have a thin wall enough socket that works. 1/4" drive or 3/8" drive?
2003 White RS6 2013 Midnight Blue S5
2013 Daytona RS5 2x944 Turbo's 1974 911 w/'91 3.6ltr motor
Roy, WA
No personal experience, but are they like the downpipe and turbo nuts where you can use a #12 triple square?
Pat - Eisenmann race exhaust, Catless downpipes, KW V3's, H-Sport sways, 034 Control arms, Apikol diff mount, Sterns motor mounts, Forge dv's, Stainless brake lines, Venair hoses, Sportec vent mod, Euro tails, Viper Tuned ecu/tcu, DPE S20's 19x9.5, 275/30/19's
There are 12 nuts to remove. 10 are easy and take a 10mm socket. 2 are buried within the exhaust manifold and must take a special thin wall 13mm socket of some sort to get out. I've tried all my 13mm 3/8" & 1/4" drive sockets to no avail so I guess I'm going to have to do some more tool shopping.
2003 White RS6 2013 Midnight Blue S5
2013 Daytona RS5 2x944 Turbo's 1974 911 w/'91 3.6ltr motor
Roy, WA
I understand what you're saying, I was just wondering if an M12 triple square can be inserted internally in the top of the nut like the downpipe nuts?
Pat - Eisenmann race exhaust, Catless downpipes, KW V3's, H-Sport sways, 034 Control arms, Apikol diff mount, Sterns motor mounts, Forge dv's, Stainless brake lines, Venair hoses, Sportec vent mod, Euro tails, Viper Tuned ecu/tcu, DPE S20's 19x9.5, 275/30/19's
Good idea Pat. I'm not hearing where your coming from. I'll have to shine a light down the little hole and take a better look. Seems like all of the smaller nuts are stainless or at least high nickel content and look like new but the 4 (2 per side) nuts down the imbedded holes in the manifold are just plain steel and prone to rust like the downpipe nuts and will definitely need replacing.
2003 White RS6 2013 Midnight Blue S5
2013 Daytona RS5 2x944 Turbo's 1974 911 w/'91 3.6ltr motor
Roy, WA
Pat is saying that those nuts may be similar to the nuts on the turbo studs which are hex, but a triple square bit can also be inserted inside the nut to remove them.
Have you tried a 12 point socket? They have thinner walls than 6 point's
Avus Silver RS6 - Viper Stage 2 ECU/TCU - Water/Meth Injection - Frozen Rotors - Hbars - clear corners - Hella smoked tails - gutted precats
Don't those nuts have 7mm or 8mm allen on the inside of the nut? I might be wrong though
You and Pat are probably right. I'm going out to take a look in a few minutes. Probably either triple square or hex/allen. I only looked at it a little without a real bright light to shine in there. I'll report back and kick myself if it is that easy and I overlooked it with a one track (nut looking for the right socket) mind.
2003 White RS6 2013 Midnight Blue S5
2013 Daytona RS5 2x944 Turbo's 1974 911 w/'91 3.6ltr motor
Roy, WA
Damn you guys are sharp and I am...... Well, I tried some Allen wrenches last night out of my wonder German Hazet set yesterday and no luck so I was sure I needed a thin wall socket. So after hearing for you smarter people I went back and looked better and noticed that my Hazet set went from 6mm to 8mm. Went to my other set and grabed a 7mm and it worked like a charm....SHIT. Well I got them off and only one stud came loose with the nuts. I'm going to run and drop them off tomorrow to have them Ceramic coated so they should be done by early next week then I'll be ready to rebolt the Turbo's on the car. I finally feel like I'm making progress on this project instead of just dumping thousands into it. Thanks again guys, I can't believe it was something so simple.
2003 White RS6 2013 Midnight Blue S5
2013 Daytona RS5 2x944 Turbo's 1974 911 w/'91 3.6ltr motor
Roy, WA
Good to hear you got them out.
Avus Silver RS6 - Viper Stage 2 ECU/TCU - Water/Meth Injection - Frozen Rotors - Hbars - clear corners - Hella smoked tails - gutted precats
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