Chineese tools are crap, when I tried to tighten the crank pulley bolt the socket from aliexpress got rounded and I couldīnt finish the job properly (I couldīnt rotate the bolt 270š).

Look at this video, 8:06 and 20:27

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I read that about the socket in another thread, somebody made the recommendation to still buy the factory socket if buying a cheap tool kit.

 

That sounds like a good recommendation for the socket, or at least get a good quality impact socket. The only thing is, if you're using the crank pulley tool which goes against a jack stand - and honestly, I recommend that you do use one of these, chinese copy or not, it can be tricky to find a socket deep enough to clear the tool, and it's hard (but not impossible) to do with (eg) a smaller socket and an extension bar. I'll see if I can find a link to the one I bought.

These bolts are on tight (which is why the information about identifying which way the bolt is threaded is so crucial, there's been tales of snapped bolts on here which = replacement crank). Prepare for cheater bars or at least a high torque impact gun once you know which way to extract the bolt.

 

2010/11 XFR Workshop Manual here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/bet26xniua...kshop.pdf?dl=0
AJ133 Training PDF here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/8y4iax9hm2...%20V8.pdf?dl=0

 

You can try but I think you will find it extremely difficult, removing the injectors will be almost impossible if they are as tight as some I have removed.

I use these tools for the pulley.....
Tools

 

Thanks for all the links and advice guys!

I should be getting it tomorrow but won't be able to dive into it for a week or two. I'll keep this thread updated with what I find.

 

Well I got it home yesterday! Hopefully next week I can start taking the front timing covers off to see what's going on.