This was my wife's response upon looking at the engine of our 2002 Forester.
A little history:
I wanted to inspect the cam belt, as indicated in the periodic maintenence, so, reading the service manual, I located the three bolts that hold the driver's-side cam belt cover on. When I tried to loosen these though, the metal nut, embedded in the back portion, turned and broke the boss it was supposed to be held in.
There seemed to be no way to loosen these bolts without breaking each and every boss!
Is there a trick to this?
I inspected the belt, and then used two loops of wire to hold the cover back on. Rest assured, this cover is being held securely. I am just trying to cash-in on some knowledge of the members of this group: is there a way to do this without breaking the nuts from their bosses?
Thanks, Duane