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That one Thursday that turned into a 14 hour nightmare on a Subaru Outback

A few months back I had this 2010 Outback come in for what was supposed to be a simple timing belt job. Turned out the previous guy had stripped the crank bolt and I spent 8 hours just drilling and extracting it. Has anyone else dealt with a stripped harmonic balancer bolt on those older boxer engines?
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robin896
robin8968d ago
Feel your pain man. That bolt location is pure evil when it strips out.
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corap61
corap617d ago
Honestly I'm gonna disagree here. That bolt being a pain is what separates people who actually know what they're doing from folks who just watch a YouTube video and grab a ratchet. If it was easy everyone would do it, you know?
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