Well I got everything off the engine and was ready with my 1/2" Air hammer and a 19mm socket to take off the Front bolt... I Hammered and Hammered and Hammered... No Joy.  So back to the tool store, purchased the 2 1/8" socket but could only find it in a 1/2 drive.  I also picked up a 3/4" breaker bar and a 6' pipe.  Back home... Took a 1/2"
aluminum plate and built a tool to lock the E-Shaft from turning (That worked out great) and with a little help from my son, I tried the front bolt again... A little grunt and off it came... I moved to the back and put on the 2 1/8" socket, which was a 1/2" drive and added an adapter for the 3/4" breaker bar... Put on the 6' pipe and gave it a try...
There was movement and it was soon apparent that it was the 1/2" drive twisting and fracturing.  So I had an older 1/2" breaker bar and decided to give that a go... Same results more broken hardware... Then a said what the heck, I have this really old 1/2 drive
 torque wrench that I haven't used in years, gave it a try... Guess what, I don't have that really old torque wrench anymore.  So, today it is off to sears to see if I can find either a better 3/4 to 1/2 adapter or a 2 1/8" socket with a 3/4 drive.  I'm determined to get that thing off and get these housings in the mail to you Paul by Monday.

Mike C.


ROFL old story :):):):)

Paul Lamar

Where do you live? I'm in Michigan. If close enough, I have both the mazdatrix nut-bar and a (3/4 or 1") socket. I'll loan em (or one or the other) to ya if ya pay shipping both ways.
The more housings in the run, the better.

C. Smith

Thanks, I live in WA near Arlington... Let me see if Sears has a 3/4 drive socket if I can't find one I'll take you up on it.  As much as it has cost me in broken tools so far I could have paid for overnight shipping ;-)

Mike C.