New Tools for LT5 Mechanics

[Dynomite]

1. New Tools These from Harbour Freight......
a. 1/4 inch drive Torx #40 hardened steel for Plenum and Cam Cover Bolts (just long enough to reach between those two tight runners on the Plenum).
b. 14 inch long combination 1/4 inch and 3/8 inch drive Flex Head Socket wrench strong enough (even using the 1/4 inch end) to remove the hardest to remove Torx Cam Cover, Injector Housing Coolant Manifold and Plenum Bolts. The 14 inch leverage eliminates the need for a cheater bar on the typical socket wrench.



2. Other Tools.
Often a 1/4 inch socket wrench and associated extensions/swivels are better to use in tight places than 3/8 inch sockets. I use a 3/8 inch and 1/4 inch universal (the "U" joint) in the first picture. I have a complete set of metric and SAE sockets in 3/8 inch and 1/4 inch sizes.

The wobble extensions are in second and third pictures and flex ratchet combination wrenches in fourth picture.

You will notice what allows the wobble in the third picture.

There are all sorts of swivels and swivel socket combinations you can get but these four tools/tool sets will get er done assuming you have a good 3/8 inch and 1/4 inch socket wrench and set of metric sockets with 3/8 inch and 1/4 inch adapters.

Oh...ya...you might need a good 1/4 inch and 3/8 inch torque wrench also. I like the ones that trip at your torque setting. And.....a good set of allen and torx T wrenches.
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