Have risen this thread from the dead...!
I'm having trouble with the 6 10mm bolts that clamp down the two parts of the turbo. Access is tight on all the bolts - with either 10mm open ended spanner or ground-down ring spanner. I'm finding the open-ended (Halfords Advanced, decent quality) spanner is just opening the jaws and stripping the bolt heads. Unfortunately not all the bolts can be accessed with a ring. Have coated in in WD40 overnight (lost the PlusGaz
) but still no joy.
Once the bolts are loosened and the little brackets swung out of the way, is it possible to seperate the turbo easily and replace these 6 bolts?
I've a feeling most are going to get stripped on the way out.
If anyone has any tips please I'd love to hear them! Heat next? I'll try to source a 3/8" spanner too on Max's suggestion.