Bolts as stubborn as me - I'm going to cry!

[slicksps]

Being the guy I am, I refuse to pay garage extortionate prices for a timing belt change. I bought the belt and am fitting it myself. Everyone said it was easy and apart from this one bit; it is.

But I'm trying to remove the pulley, there are 4 hex screws and they WILL NOT BUDGE

I've twisted them, hit them, heated them, oiled them overnight but nothing. I've used manual tools, electric screwdriver and I'm ready to tear my hair out...

The belt is there, I can almost get to the bottom of it and I'm so tempted just to rip off the lower cover and go around it; someone please help before I wreck my car

[Khare]

im guessing you are on about the crack pully.
I had the same problem with my old mk2, the pully would not budge, so i ended up hacking the lowe cam cover off and running the cambbelt without any covers. Was fine, never had a problem, but its always best to have covers.

[Wayne]

I would be carefull running without covers as if you get a stone flicked in there it could lead to problems.

[jay cee]

try a aerosol called Plus Gas, should be able to get it in Halfords or a motor factor. it is normally very good at loosening these kind of stubborn things.

[boyt]

all ways used an impact gun my self 

[jamie16v]

all ways used an impact gun my self 

usually a good choice...
or stud extractors.. but you will need to buy new bolts.. (better in my opinion as they will be easier to remove next time)

[MowatGTI]

This might work, but seeing as you have heated them, it might not.

Try and get a set of vice-grips on them.  As tight as you can.  Then try and shock load it.

Might give you a large enough moment for them to budge.

[Khare]

say 3 prayers to hail mary, one to the man himself and 2 to St VW, then spray half a bottle of WD40, then after that half spray abit more of WD40, then with a hammer shock the bolts afew times without giving them a heart attack and gather as much strength as you can and use some sort of breaker bar to get as much levage as possible!

[Adam]

^^^May work for you, good luck

An acetylene torch will get anything off in the right hands!

[LazyLunatic]

get a long ass pipe, or something thats like a metre long LOL. use to give you more leverage. and then sort of bounce on it to try and shock the bolts. but not too hard, just gently shock it and be patient. the b*stard will come out!! ohh and half a can of penetrator spray will help. and heat. f*ck it - might as well hammer it as well, even if it does nothing, it will make you feel better.

i have snapped loads of bolts in my rxII's and went through similar stages to you, except i think im worse, cause i got no head on the bolts!!! i got pi$$ed off, gave up and starting playing with the wd40/lighter