I'm in the process of changing out my clutch master cylinder on my 87 N/A gxl. The two 12 mm nuts are giving me problems. I got one off perfectly fine, but the one closest to the floorboard is stuck, and its stripped. I cant seem to get it off at all, the socket just rotates on the nut, but the nut wont move!

 

can u bite in to that biatch with a pair of vice grips?

 

can't get vicegrips in there. not enough room..

 

photo taken from rx7b13's clutch writeup.

https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...hmentid=170535

the lower right circled nut is stripped and wont come out.

 

Doesn't LOOK stripped........

 

Maybe you just got the socket on at a wierd angle and its not grabbing?

 

thats because thats not my car, its from the writeup on how to change a master.


mines stripped, 100%.

 

go to your local home depo or lowes and get a nut extractor.

 

I vote put another nut on the stud all the way down to the other nut and zap it where they meet with the welder.

Back off the siamese nuts with your socket.

 

I just tried an air ratchet..no avail. all it did was spin, couldnt even grip the nut.

 

HAHAHAHAHA SUCKER the same thing happened to me when i had to replace the master cylinder for my clutch. So what i did was i went to Sears and bought this little set of stripped nut removers, i forgot what they're called i'm at work now so when i get home i'll reply again but anyway the set cost around 50 dollars or something that nut came right off as soon as i figured out how to get into that dam small space.

But anyway once you get the old one off the new one is really easy to install.

Anyways becareful with ur brake discs too cuz sometimes those bolts are stripped too...

Good luck

 

awesome, if you could provide more insight on what that is i'd appriciate it!

 

Did you try another socket, eg an SAE, not metric to see if it would fit?

Some tools have fins inside so that when you turn to loosen, they dig into the nut and back it off:
http://www.sjdiscounttools.com/kd3537.html

 

do they have those in a deeper socket?

 

I believe you put this over the stripped nut, then a deep socket around the outside of the tool.

 

were you using a 6 or 12 point?

 

I have one of these in my toolbox too:

http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/produ...seBVCookie=Yes

 

I was using a 6 point.

 

+1 If that cant get it off.. then maybe you should cut it off.

 

I cant get at it to cut, such a confined space makes it tedious to even get at with a wrench.

 

Dremel with the little snake attachment.