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Well this is going to be my final reply until something else happens. New bolt is in, got everything tightened down. Built a tool to hold the pulley and put about 115lbs of torque on the bolt. That's as much as we could get. It's been a couple of weeks now but I think it called for...

A quick update - end of the bolt is out. It wasn't a big deal at all actually, it wasn't even too jammed, while he was drilling it it moved. Also removed the roll pin key which had snapped off. Not sure if that happened the first time and the mechanic at the dealership never replaced it (it...

Well, went in and they didn't have the bolt, but one of the gals at the service desk was well aware of the issue. I drove half an hour and got the bolt from another dealership. There is a guy in town who has a very well known reputation for extracting bolts and he came and looked at it and...

Nope. After that, I haven't gone back to them. But I am going back to get a new bolt tomorrow. And I'll be certain I mention it to them. I'm really curious if anyone else has had the "new" bolt style break on them. Since my engine is an '02, I would have thought I had the new bolt in there...

I have a 2002 Mitsubishi Montero Sport, 3.0L engine. At 100k miles, the original bolt sheared off. I don't know what was in it prior, but the original drawings show the old style bolt. After $1700 ($1100 of which was labor to remove the bolt) and rounds with the folks at my dealership, they...