We are going to be going over my brothers 2013 Civic LX that has 108,000 miles on it, and adjusting the valves, replacing the water-pump, hoses, thermostat, both coolant temperature sensors, tensioner, and serpentine belt, and several other items. One of the YouTube videos I watched shows that the pivot bolt can be a royal pain to break loose to remove it. They broke two of the hex bits and one of the ones they broke was impact rated.
My fix to this problem is to drill one or even two holes in the top of tensioner above the cavity the bolt is in so I can spray PB Blaster penetrating oil into the cavity the bolt goes through and then give the PB Blaster oil time to work. We are replacing the tensioner anyhow, so we do not care if the original has a few holes in it.
If the bolt does not come loose easily when we do this job, I plan to replace that bolt with a new one, because when we drill the tensioner, the original bolt will get nicked by the drill bit.
For the 2013 Honda Civic LX with the 1.8 Liter gasoline, the part number for that pivot bolt is 90001-R1A-A00 and OEMPartsource.com sells it for $1.98 and the dealer wants $8.31 for one.
If one hole does not allow the PB Blaster to enter well, I plan to drill a second hole to allow air out while the PB Blaster is sprayed into the other hole.
If I do end up spraying penetrating oil on the tensioner pivot mount with hole(s) in it, I will use plenty of rags to protect the other pullies from getting any oil on them.
Sometimes you just have to be a little smarter than the equipment you are working on.
Just thought I would pass this fix along so if you end up with a stuck bolt and it is in an application that drilling a hole or two will allow better application of a penetrating oil to loosen the bolt, you might try this.
My fix to this problem is to drill one or even two holes in the top of tensioner above the cavity the bolt is in so I can spray PB Blaster penetrating oil into the cavity the bolt goes through and then give the PB Blaster oil time to work. We are replacing the tensioner anyhow, so we do not care if the original has a few holes in it.
If the bolt does not come loose easily when we do this job, I plan to replace that bolt with a new one, because when we drill the tensioner, the original bolt will get nicked by the drill bit.
For the 2013 Honda Civic LX with the 1.8 Liter gasoline, the part number for that pivot bolt is 90001-R1A-A00 and OEMPartsource.com sells it for $1.98 and the dealer wants $8.31 for one.
If one hole does not allow the PB Blaster to enter well, I plan to drill a second hole to allow air out while the PB Blaster is sprayed into the other hole.
If I do end up spraying penetrating oil on the tensioner pivot mount with hole(s) in it, I will use plenty of rags to protect the other pullies from getting any oil on them.
Sometimes you just have to be a little smarter than the equipment you are working on.
Just thought I would pass this fix along so if you end up with a stuck bolt and it is in an application that drilling a hole or two will allow better application of a penetrating oil to loosen the bolt, you might try this.
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