No you don't. They do make extended/longer tools ya know

 

its called no room to work the tools required

 

many suggested short cuts become a long cut and with the risk of screwing the job up, wrecking the head, and putting debris inside the front of the motor, it ends up like this:
take the head off. .

 

There is a TSB for that issue on LSJ it was done to my car back in 07 @ 23K

 

2007 Chevrolet Cobalt TSB - Technical Service Bulletins for 2007 Chevrolet | AutoMD

^^ TSB announcements for 2007 Cobalts courtesy of Google.

If you are set to do this as a DIY, buy a Chiltons or a Haynes Manual, some of the questions are directly answered there.

With the bolt still in the head it makes no sense to attempt to extract with the head still on. The aluminum head has expanded and contracted at different rates than the steel bolt making it a tight bolt to remove. Pull the head following the Haynes/Chiltons. Use an extractor or take to a machine shop to extract. Follow reverse instructions in the manual and you will be fine.

 

So this is what this shitty bolt looks like
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Does anyone know the torque specs on this cam gear guide bolt?

 

Powell Race Parts or anyone who knows...can you help me out with the torque specs for this guide bolt

 

that's crazy

 

Yeah..it was crazy...but a reverse drill screw extractor set did the trick..$23 from O'Reilly's!!
Here are the tools and pics of the Bolton two pieces...
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The good thing was that I just needed the reverse drill bit and not the extractor

 

89 inch pounds. Buy better fasteners from mr. Belvedere

 

Thanks for the info, but I just looked it up on the site...so I tightened the bolt to 89 and the ****** bolt broke. Does Mr Belvedere ship parts fast? I'm so pissed off right now!!

 

He can probably ship tomorrow. I'll call him and tell him to jump in this thread

 

You broke it at 89 INCH/LBs? I doubt that... that's only about 7 lb/ft...

Red loctite on the threads and nice and tight by hand, nothing special needed.

 

Pic of the torque wrench you used set at 89in/lbs?

It is very little torque at all.

 

An inch pound torque wrench. Oh and yes its not much torque its a 6.00 mm bolt. Really. Some days I cant believe the forum comments. Google that s**t!



1 4 inch Drive Click Torque Wrench 20 200 inch Pound TEKTON 24320 Warranty | eBay

 

Lol@Joe. These folks apparently dont know their own superhuman strength....

 

I promise you I did...the same thing happen to one supercharger bolt....lol

 

torque on the s/c bolt is 18 ft lbs iirc. Torque wrenches need to be calibrated periodically. I have mine checked annually. If you have broken more than one bolt, it would appear that the root cause is right in front of you. sad to say

 

I didn't use the torque wrench on the sc bolt, just the can guide bolt...lol

 

I bet you tried 89 ft/lb instead of 89 in/lb

 

I bought some new ones and the threaded end just fell off of a couple

 

WTF. All 07's had this problem?

 

Yeah and there's no ****** recall for this issue!

 

The sad thing about recalls is that they usually won't issue one unless it has the potential to cause bodily harm or has already caused some. It's all about $$$