Can spanners be cut with a hacksaw? I need to tighten bolt on car but not enough room
car, 2006 mk2 ford focus sport 1.8 TDCI.
Been working on this for 2 days taking 12 hours so far.
The top bolt on turbo oil feed pipe is loose and oil is coming out of it, I can loosen it just about but to tighten it past finger tight is an absolute nightmare ! there is the exhaust manifold to the left in the way and a box thing (somebody said it looks like torque something, said does not think it can be removed ?? )
Only solution I can think of is to get a hacksaw and narrow the width of the spanner, then hopefully I may get a turn on it, otherwise the whole EGR manifold and turbo e.t.c. must be removed ! ( a friend of mine tightened the same bolt once took him 15 minutes but cannot remember how he did it ) , the EGR is integral with the exhaust manifold/inlet manifold on these engines.
do you have any tips how I can remove the bolt, is cutting spanner with a hacksaw possible and/or crazy ???
please help !!
edit : just tried with a basic hacksaw ( think this one is compatible with metal) but keeps slipping, was only a cheap one, should I get a better hack saw or is the option of cutting a spanner with a hacksaw a complete no no ??
Last edited by FastLife91; Jan 28, 2017 at 10:45 PM.