3S-GTE USDM Turbo Engine Exhaust bolt removal Q. [Archive] - Toyota MR2 Message Board

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My last big hurdle before assembly, was to remove these rusted and broken exhaust bolts. Two of the top bolts galled with the aluminum. 1, half way down the stud and the other, totally---- stripped! A third bolt, bottom row, opposite end of the cams, snapped off flush using a socket type stud extractor. It would not budge at all. Bored a center hole for an insert extractor, (got a very good bite on it ) and the bore stripped! Now I