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Ideas For Removing Stuck Reference Sensor Bracket

944Scott

944Scott

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Help!

I need some ideas on removing this bracket as it appears to be stuck fast. It seems somebody has been in and tried before me as the cap head screw on the drivers side is all chewed up, with the tools I have at my disposal I'm going nowhere fast and I'm seriously considering taking a chisel to it. I can move one of the reference sensors and its come out about halfway but the other is completely stuck solid and broken up in the process.

It feels like one step forwards tow steps back at the moment so all suggestions would be most welcome.
 
Can you get a Dremel in there to cut a slot in the bolt head so that you can use a flat head screwdriver bit in the ratchet to undo it?
 
I managed to get an air saw in there and cut the head off the bolt. Its loose now and still in place but I will take it off tomorrow night.
 
The really stupid problem with the bracket is the fact that it also fits on a horizontal dowel fitted into the engine block so any stuck in sensors prevent moving rearwards hence cutting the bracket clear unless you want move the transmission back
 
So I'm not likely to get it off until I remove the broken senor? its the one furthest from the engine block.
 
The issue you have is that the pivot bolt (the one nearest the passenger side) has a dowel sleeve in it. You need to slide the bracket backwards off this sleeve in order to lift the bracket up and the stuck sensors prevent you from sliding it back far enough.

I cut a slot in the bracket to the top of the dowel sleeve to make it a bit looser and then used a flathead screwdriver to tease it out slightly. Once it was sticking out by a few mm, I could get a pry bar behind the bracket and with a little leverage it moved back enough to just lift out.

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If you can loosen the bellhousing bolts, it's possible to pry the bellhousing apart from the block a few mm.

That could give you enough room to slide the bracket dowel out of the block

( I did this to fit a bracket but the same logic applies..)
 
I didn't get to work on the car tonight due to the weather but it sounds like I'm going to have even more fun removing this darn thing!

I'm glad my alignment tool and pivot bearing haven't arrived yet otherwise I would be muttering under my breath for not getting it done.
 
Well its out, as edh said with the bellhousing loose I was able to get the bracket out with the sensor still stuck in place [:)]
 
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