Thread: 89 rrc - removing starter motor.

Originally Posted by trobbo

Thanks for that explanation Peter. Hopefully it will help those that have not done it before.

I've pulled plenty of starter motors off my vehicles previously (including the current one), so many in fact I had it down to a 15 minute job. Fortunately I have now lost my desire to drive through mud and so dont have the need to change them as often as I used to.

Unfortunately this one it is stuck.

G`day

Only trying to be helpful but it doesn`t always work out that way and i see your point it doesn`t go with the rest . I can`t edit it sorry .

Have you tried , sharp tapping it and have you tried going the other way both can help . ( not questions )

If you can get a 1/2 inch breaker bar on it and it won`t move you do have a problem , use a piece of pipe on the bar .

OK,
Have received the extractor tool and put it onto the bottom bolt. Bugger me it cracked as easy as anything!!!! Things were looking up, then I got to the top bolt. It gripped onto the bolt no problems but was very hard to turn, so I just took it easy. It came about a quarter of the way out then SNAP!! So in the end I now have the starter motor off (great) and the new tool works fantastic (great) but now I have to try and get the damn broken bolt out. So far I have drilled the centre of it out but because of lack of room and vision it is off centre. Tried an easy out but they will not grip the bolt as it is high tensile, so my plan when I have some more time is to drill it right out and just put a bolt and nut on.
So I can highly recommend the bolt extractor socket set made by Irwin and thanks to Simon and Dave from Qualitools in geelong for getting the tool to me so quickly.
Shano