Knock sensor won't come out
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Knock sensor won't come out
Tried to remove knock sensors. They just spin. It looks like the top, which is crimped on, is just spinning when I try to remove it. Any recommendation on how to get it out?
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Got the sensors out. Instead of screws I drilled one hole through the sensor as close.to the edge as possible. It was pretty easy to drill through. At first I used too small of a bit and I broke a few. The one that worked was a 7/32 drill bit. You just have to be careful when it goes through the second side not to drill into the block. I stuck a allen wrench into the hole and got it out with a socket wrench. One sensor came out easy with this method. The other one broke off when I turned it because I had damaged it when I tried to make new dimples. It bent instead of dimpling. The metal is soft so I just drilled it out and used an ez-out. Now I just have to wait for the GM knock sensors to come in.
