>Francios. The book says to remove the two 6mm allen bolts from the bottom
>of the turbo. GOOD LUCK. I have never had any luck there either. The
>motor mount gets in the way of a good purchase with the allen wrench. I'm
>told that Snap-on makes an extra long socket type allen.
>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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