What I've done is to disassemble the right motor mount. Not all that hard
really. A floor jack holding the engine, remove the bolts from the motor
mount and you have all the room you need. A bonus to this is you have
lots of room to get the turbo out of the car once disconnected.
Ray
-----Original Message-----
From: Nunez, George [SMTP:nunezg@bsci.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 1998 10:09 AM
To: 'peugeot list'
Subject: 505 Turbo: bottom bracket removal?
-----Original Message-----
From: Nunez, George
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 1998 9:59 AM
To: 'francois@hyperreal.org'
Subject: RE: 505 Turbo: bottom bracket removal?
You must undo the 4 6mm allens. 2 from the side and two from the bottom.
(The 2 13mm are not necessary to undo.)This is one of the trickiest part
of the job.
I use Allen tip swivel-socket(don`t remember if its cut down to minimize
the engagement angle)with a long extension and a long handle ratchet for
the 2 bolts from the bottom.
Then for the side bolts a cut down allen long or short arm, you can hook
a closed-end around the arm to gain more leverage but watch out with
your knuckles.
BY ALL MEANS AVOID ROUNDING OUT A BOLT, IF YOU SEE IT START TO SLIP
STOP.
The manual has a proceedure to mount the allens with v low torque at
first to align everything before tightening. This is very important.
Difficult steps are disconnecting AND reconnecting the oil supply line,
pulling the whole assembly out, there is not one extra millimeter.
Reassembly of the ex. man. gasket, flame rings, bushing, and manifold
all together( use sticky grease).
George
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Francois Dion [mailto:francois@hyperreal.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 1998 8:49 PM
> To: peugeot@padui.org
> Subject: 505 Turbo: bottom bracket removal?
>
>
> Ok, I'm having some real problem to remove the turbo
> from it's bottom bracket. The bracket itself is held to
> the motor mount by 2 13 mm bolts, one that I was
> able to remove and the other is impossible to remove
> unless the oil line return (from the turbo to the pan)
> is removed. This is held by 2 6mm allen bolts, which
> are impossible to access because of the cross member.
>
> Alternatively, the turbo is bolted to the bracket by
> 2 6mm allen bolts, but again they are impossible to
> remove, this time because the space is pretty tight
> between these bolts and the side beam.
>
> The manual doesn't specify anything on that subject.
> Surely I dont have to drop the crossmember?
>
> What kind of tool can I use to remove those 6mm allen?
>
> I have no space for a ratchet with an allen adapter and
> the allen wrenches I have are very short and I have no
> force to undo those (the two 6mm allen on top for the
> oil arrival line took a good deal of torque on the ratchet
> until I heard a loud "tac" when the bolts finally moved.
>
> Ciao,
> Francois Dion (francois@hyperreal.org)
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