Youâve found the easy one with the socket, leave that done up, as itâll hold the weight of the turbo making the others easier to spin off.
The hard one for me has always been the back most bolt with the slotted hole, as access is very tight and the collector stops you getting much in there. For that one I use a cut down 17mm C-spanner with the head ground down to make it thinner in every dimension, as well as cutting it in half length ways. it does the job nicely, although I often need to use levers on it to get enough purchase.
Believe it or not, the one under the runners is actually really easy if you remove your downpipe.
Take the downpipe out, then use the two nut method to remove the top most DP stud from the turbo housing, and that gives you enough angular clearance (check me out with my fancy words) to get a regular C or Ring spanner up under the runners and onto the nut. Oddly, despite looking the hardest, itâs easy with the top stud removed. Leaving the top stud in makes the angle too tight and a spanner wonât go in
Youâve found the easy one with the socket, leave that done up, as itâll hold the weight of the turbo making the others easier to spin off.
The hard one for me has always been the back most bolt with the slotted hole, as access is very tight and the collector stops you getting much in there. For that one I use a cut down 17mm C-spanner with the head ground down to make it thinner in every dimension, as well as cutting it in half length ways. it does the job nicely, although I often need to use levers on it to get enough purchase.
Believe it or not, the one under the runners is actually really easy if you remove your downpipe.
Take the downpipe out, then use the two nut method to remove the top most DP stud from the turbo housing, and that gives you enough angular clearance (check me out with my fancy words) to get a regular C or Ring spanner up under the runners and onto the nut. Oddly, despite looking the hardest, itâs easy with the top stud removed. Leaving the top stud in makes the angle too tight and a spanner wonât go in