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Originally Posted by s_ribs
EDIT: now that I'm thinking about it more, I did angle in to get the socket in the bit and then levered it over until perpendicular to the bolt. This pushed the brackets over enough. It did take some force but nothing that concerned me. Once the bolt was out far enough the pulley did contact those brackets and added just a bit of tension while wratcheting. |
I went out and got a longer torx bit and did exactly what you described above. Pushed the bit in from an angle and pushed the brackets out of the way. I was able to break the bolt free and get a new idler in.
you bailed me about of a jam, thanks for the photo of your socket. Glad i decided to post and glad you had just done this!