Supercharger Frustrations

So here's the deal...

That past few weekends I've attempted to replace my supercharger coupler only to be stumped by two stripped bolts. I also found out that I have a small leak at the top of the s/c housing because when I removed a bolt it was covered in oil. So I just figured, "Eh. Whatever. I'll just go pick up some bolt-out sockets for my socket wrench and hammer 'em on next weekend."

So the second weekend comes along and for the life of me I cannot get the smaller socket to hammer on or the larger one to get a good enough grip. I have tried spraying some PB Blaster a couple of times and letting it sit. Unfortunately the two bolts are at the bottom of the housing in the hardest to reach areas. It doesn't seem like they should be torqued on there as much as I imagine they are.

To be honest I'm tired of dealing with it myself and am prepared to take it to my mechanic. I figured they would have a better toolbox to deal with those dang bolts. What kind of labor charge can I expect?

Any more tips I might be able to use? I haven't tried dremeling a groove for a flathead screwdriver but I don't think I could get the dremel down in there.

Thanks for letting me vent.

Skip the mechanic.. we know you can do this.. take a moment away from it and get the dremel out.

You can try the groove, however it sounds like it's past that. I would cut/grind the bolt head off. then once the snout is off..grab the bolt with the extractor or vise grips.

IIRC the bolt threads are 8x1.25 or 1.50 about 2.5-3" long.

The problem is getting something small enough to grip the bolts when the snout is still on. The bolts are located here;

My suggestion is to grind/cut the heads off the bolts. Then the snout is off and you can also remove the rotors. Once left wtih only the casing, bott it to a table and you should have over an inch of bolt shank to work on.

Additionally all the pressure is off the bolt and it'll probably come out much easier.

Can't you just slide the piece between the snout and blower housing off? (use a flat screwdriver) Then you can grab the shanks and turn them out.

Ok. I got what ya'll are saying. Duh. Yeah, I could try that.