make sure you have the open 12mm too if you haven't loosened the seatbelt tensioner...

 

I hope I have my open 12mm still. I don't know where my tools went

 

mine all got stolen a few years ago...

 

Damn thieves!


Can somebody swing by with a socket set

 

man if i checked out this thread earlier...i have a socket set here in the dorm, u can borrow if u come by to pick it up =D how did it go anyways?

 

Took me a total of 5.5 hrs by myself. Would have been faster, but I didn't have any of the right tools and I ended up breaking two cheapo ratchets, a cheapo 19mm socket, and a tire-iron that I was using as a 19mm wrench. The strut bolts did not want to move at all, but half a can of PB Blaster and a long *** extension bar showed them who was boss

My hands are covered in grease and cuts and I can barely feel my legs, but I'm happy with the results. Still wish I would have had all the right tools though

 

Those 19mm's are a *****!

 

I can vouch for that

Me and jdadour broke 2 19mm sockets, a ratchet, and an extension tryin to get those 19mm bolts off, my car only had 2000miles on it too

 

Yeah - and when I finally broke the bolts loose, they made this "crack" type sound that made me think I broke the bolt in half inside

Why can't these be like Honda bolts - I can take those off without any breaker bars or extensions.

 

you should make a ghetto breaker bar like my dad did. he inserted the longest pipe he can find into a wrench and he broke off a few bolts when he was trying to tighten them. I guess he's never heard of a torque wrench.