changing belt, need help, think I have a MAJOR problem - Toyota Yaris Forums

junorico24 · 06-10-2013, 05:08 PM

What has happened is you didn't apply enough force/torque on it. The socket is moving but the bolt will not budge then you end up stripping it. That's what happened to me. I stripped it as well. I realized i wasn't applying enough force down on it. So I got an extension. I used one of these

because I was kind of

scurred at the time that I stuffed it up.So i just got something I could find. But it worked for me it helped to put down enough force/torque on the bolt.So the socket spun the bolt and not just the socket spinning around the bolt.

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Need new Serpentine/Auxilliary belt	ras3448	DIY / Maintenance / Service	21	07-16-2013 05:11 PM
DIY how to change you belt in 10 minutes without breaking VVTI solenoid	YarisSedan	DIY / Maintenance / Service	2	04-12-2013 10:41 AM
Broke Part on Engine Changing serpentine belt.	theeggrocks	DIY / Maintenance / Service	5	04-16-2012 12:27 PM
The Accessory belt?	N9QGS	DIY / Maintenance / Service	4	02-12-2009 11:05 PM

06-10-2013, 05:08 PM	#15
junorico24 Drives: toyota yaris yrs Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sydney Posts: 642	What has happened is you didn't apply enough force/torque on it. The socket is moving but the bolt will not budge then you end up stripping it. That's what happened to me. I stripped it as well. I realized i wasn't applying enough force down on it. So I got an extension. I used one of these because I was kind of scurred at the time that I stuffed it up.So i just got something I could find. But it worked for me it helped to put down enough force/torque on the bolt.So the socket spun the bolt and not just the socket spinning around the bolt.