Unbelievably tight screw
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Unbelievably tight screw
Im taking off the cover of the stock filter box.. all the screws are coming off easy exept one in the back.. i put all my weight and every last muscle into it but it wont budge. When the others come loose there is a *click* sound, then it becomes loose.. if i could only get this one to click like the others. Anyone have any ideas of how to get it off?
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Rep Power: 0 That happened to me too; but when i was trying to take apart the centre consol dash trim so that i could paint it. I tried a screw driver and a socket wrench. But it wouldnt budge at all. After about an hour of screwin with it, i finally gave up. It f**ken pisses me off that i couldnt find a way to unscrew it.
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Rep Power: 0 put the socket on a breaker bar and tap it lightly with a hammer. if you do it too hard you will snap the head off and then you'll be ****ed, or if you have enough room you can slide some tubing over the breaker bar and gain some leverage. (cheater bar)
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Rep Power: 0 An electric Makita works pretty well to remove the air filter box screws/bolts. They are 8 mm. Try not to use an air ratchet or something heavy-duty - too much torque will crack the plastic.
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Rep Power: 0 The center consol is very tight. I had a car audio store put my deck in and I think they purposely tightened those screws so I'd have to come back to them to change my deck. I evenually got the screw out with some muscle.
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Rep Power: 0 Purchase a tube of Anti-cease, spefically made for keeping bolts not overly tight. Especially if you are liek me and like to have titanium fastners you need it :-)
Wierd i had the same problem with my air box.... Quick someone call honda and tell them there torque machine is set to high for that one bolt
Wierd i had the same problem with my air box.... Quick someone call honda and tell them there torque machine is set to high for that one bolt
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