Hi I am Jose from Austin, Texas. I bought a 2002 TDI New Beetle and I am trying to do all the work by myself. My project today is replacing a noisy belt tensioner for the riming belt following instructions posted here. I decided to buy a kit from Ebay, so I bought one with no bolts included, big mistake. When I got to replacing the crankshaft pulley, I found the bolts stripped, but I tried anyway and ended up stripping them more. I went to Sears and bought the stripped bolt remover and got them out. When doing this I found easier to support the ratchet with the 19mm socket on the car axle and use my free hand to unscrew the stripped bolts. It worked very nice. I purchase new ones at a local junk yard for $2.00 a piece, the dealer sells them for $1.58 but it would take a week to get them.
I will post how it goes.
I will post how it goes.