I snapped the bolt stud on the turbo charger when installing Turbo Blanket.

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Right, don't blame me just yet.

you guys will understand after seeing the pictures.

Honda Civic 10th gen I snapped the bolt stud on the turbo charger when installing Turbo Blanket. WeChat Image_20181021225120

Honda Civic 10th gen I snapped the bolt stud on the turbo charger when installing Turbo Blanket. WeChat Image_20181021225129


I'm just a skinny kid, don't even have the strength to screw in the nut like that :D

It just literally snapped when I tried to loosen it with a breaker bar.

Obviously someone in the engine assembly line fell at sleep and didn't get his head straight to screw the nut without align it.

So how can I remove the remaining stud and replace with a new one?
 

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It wasnt the engine assembly line.. turbos get hot/cold. Should use a lot of rust penetrant before removal. Try spraying penetrant and let sit for a while and use pliers to turn it. If not You can use a stud removal kit or drill it out. May have to remove pipe to access though
 

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Ugh. This is a common problem on Eurotrash.
Has anyone tried heating the nut before applying torque? Get it glowing red with an acetylene torch or something then apply the torque. Used to work for us when craptastic German cars would have seized fasteners.
 

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yeah that has nothing to do with ppl from the assembly line.
it's just an effect of the high temperatures of heat and shitty studs.

i would never try taking them off without it soaking in pb blaster or heat using a torch or something.

i think the turbo would have to be removed in order to take the stud out.
 

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This happened to me as well when my buddy was doing the downpipe install.
 


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yeah that has nothing to do with ppl from the assembly line.
it's just an effect of the high temperatures of heat and shitty studs.

i would never try taking them off without it soaking in pb blaster or heat using a torch or something.

i think the turbo would have to be removed in order to take the stud out.

I'm thinking that is the right way to get it done. I'd recommend a combination of torch and PB. I've never tried freezing - I think there's a WD-40 version that is supposed to shock the part cold.
 

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This happened to me two weeks ago when I had my downpipe installed. This was after letting it soak in PB AND heating it up and trying to walk it out slowly. Unfortunately, we had to pull the turbo (car had less than a thousand miles) and drill / rethread. I honestly thought I was going to have to buy a new turbo and was kicking myself for it. Fortunately, it drilled out was centered and after rethreading, had no issues rebolting it back up. I also planned ahead and had already ordered new studs/bolts in the event they broke or stripped.
 

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This happened to me two weeks ago when I had my downpipe installed. This was after letting it soak in PB AND heating it up and trying to walk it out slowly. Unfortunately, we had to pull the turbo (car had less than a thousand miles) and drill / rethread. I honestly thought I was going to have to buy a new turbo and was kicking myself for it. Fortunately, it drilled out was centered and after rethreading, had no issues rebolting it back up. I also planned ahead and had already ordered new studs/bolts in the event they broke or stripped.
Do you know how much torque you were applying? Yeah, PB and heating usually does the trick, but the fact that you had less than 1K on the odometer is concerning. Did you track your CTR?
 

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I don't, because I didn't do it myself. One of my best friends is the service manager at a Mazda/Honda dealership and had his best tech (who is also into modding) do it on the side for me. He raves about his tech and from what I could tell, he really knew his shit. From what I can see, he was trying to be "gentle", but admittedly, I cannot translate that into torque haha.
 

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I don't, because I didn't do it myself. One of my best friends is the service manager at a Mazda/Honda dealership and had his best tech (who is also into modding) do it on the side for me. He raves about his tech and from what I could tell, he really knew his shit. From what I can see, he was trying to be "gentle", but admittedly, I cannot translate that into torque haha.
Ah, I see. It's just odd to me that a bolt would snap on such a low mileage car. Good thinking on getting new studs/bolts in advance.
 


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I was hoping I'd get lucky. But I was told that it doesn't take much with the heat of those bolts to sieze up pretty quickly.
 

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The breaking of the studs on down-pipe removal we have seen is actually pretty common. That is why we include all new studs and nuts with our turbo upgrades. It is a pain to get out the old one.
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