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any ideas on getting a starter out of a 5.7 when the bolt heads are stripped studs frozen?

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stang32

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i tried all possible ways to get this out. 1st off, the bolt heads are 9/16 heads, not 1/2 so the bolt closest to the bellhousing is impossible to get too with a decent socket and wrench is impossible. the other bolt, close to the bolock has the head stripped and before it stripped i could not budge it, even when i got my foot on the socket wrench and tried to budge it add on top of this, the starter is in a close area low in the engine bay, manifold is removed.
i do not want to pull this motor just to replace a starter but it looks like i may have no other choice. even if i wer to cut the heads of the bolts, the starter does not just drop down.
 
stang32 said:
i tried all possible ways to get this out. 1st off, the bolt heads are 9/16 heads, not 1/2 so the bolt closest to the bellhousing is impossible to get too with a decent socket and wrench is impossible. the other bolt, close to the bolock has the head stripped and before it stripped i could not budge it, even when i got my foot on the socket wrench and tried to budge it add on top of this, the starter is in a close area low in the engine bay, manifold is removed.
i do not want to pull this motor just to replace a starter but it looks like i may have no other choice. even if i wer to cut the heads of the bolts, the starter does not just drop down.
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i think you are pulling the engine honestly it will be less time than any screwing around you will try. If the heads are 9/16 i bet someone used standard 3/8-16 bolts not starter bolts that are knurled. You probably have a s show to mess with easier when engine is out.
 
Dieter said:
i think you are pulling the engine honestly it will be less time than any screwing around you will try. If the heads are 9/16 i bet someone used standard 3/8-16 bolts not starter bolts that are knurled. You probably have a s show to mess with easier when engine is out.
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Ayuh,..... No Doubt, pull it, 'n get it over with,.....
The smaller headed bolts only came to be, maybe 10 years ago,....
Prior to that, 9/16" was standard issue,.....
 
Bondo is correct, however, pulled a starter on a friends boat ( 7.4 inboard)... bolts spun right out however spend hours trying to get the starter to budge....ended up using a MAP torch on the housing ( top mount starter).
 
When I did that, had 2 extinguishers with me in bilge ( 38 Ft Chriscraft Cabin) and put water soaked towels on all the nearby hoses.... ran the bilge blower before, during and after... cabin doors (sliders) wide open ( and on a cold winter day) still needed hammer blows to break the starter free.... My advice to stang32.... pull the engine. It wasn't an option for me.
 
yeah, i agree, now i just have to sell the owner of the boat to give me the green light, i think she is all but done withe this boat as it is.
 
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