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Struggling to remove crankshaft pulley bolt
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Struggling to remove crankshaft pulley bolt -
05-10-2007
, 03:02 PM
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Wifes head gasket went a couple of days ago. Ok, I thought, lets get the head off and see the damage, shouldn't be that hard... Except, unlike my car, the crankshaft pulley bolt will not budge. I am now up to a 2 foot breaker bar, with the car in 5th gear and my wife on the brakes to keep the car from moving, and the bolt still insists on staying put, despite the fact that I am making the breaker bar bend like a banana! The problem seems to be the combination of the torque required and the fact that I cannot lock the crank (there is still a lot of movement despite being in gear and the brakes applied). There must be an easier way, surely? |
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Wifes head gasket went a couple of days ago. Ok, I thought, lets get the head off and see the damage, shouldn't be that hard... Except, unlike my car, the crankshaft pulley bolt will not budge. I am now up to a 2 foot breaker bar, with the car in 5th gear and my wife on the brakes to keep the car from moving, and the bolt still insists on staying put, despite the fact that I am making the breaker bar bend like a banana! The problem seems to be the combination of the torque required and the fact that I cannot lock the crank (there is still a lot of movement despite being in gear and the brakes applied). There must be an easier way, surely? Andy. |
wrench. put a spanner on and turn it on the starter.
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Wifes head gasket went a couple of days ago. Ok, I thought, lets get the head off and see the damage, shouldn't be that hard... |
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"Andy" <nospam (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:f1vtpd$d0i$1$830fa17d (AT) news (DOT) demon.co.uk... Wifes head gasket went a couple of days ago. Ok, I thought, lets get the head off and see the damage, shouldn't be that hard... Except, unlike my car, the crankshaft pulley bolt will not budge. I am now up to a 2 foot breaker bar, with the car in 5th gear and my wife on the brakes to keep the car from moving, and the bolt still insists on staying put, despite the fact that I am making the breaker bar bend like a banana! The problem seems to be the combination of the torque required and the fact that I cannot lock the crank (there is still a lot of movement despite being in gear and the brakes applied). There must be an easier way, surely? Breaker bar on, stand clear, turn engine on starter |
Remove spark plugs first.
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Wifes head gasket went a couple of days ago. Ok, I thought, lets get the head off and see the damage, shouldn't be that hard... Except, unlike my car, the crankshaft pulley bolt will not budge. I am now up to a 2 foot breaker bar, with the car in 5th gear and my wife on the brakes to keep the car from moving, and the bolt still insists on staying put, despite the fact that I am making the breaker bar bend like a banana! The problem seems to be the combination of the torque required and the fact that I cannot lock the crank (there is still a lot of movement despite being in gear and the brakes applied). There must be an easier way, surely? |
You could just be tightening it further.
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Wifes head gasket went a couple of days ago. Ok, I thought, lets get the head off and see the damage, shouldn't be that hard... Except, unlike my car, the crankshaft pulley bolt will not budge. I am now up to a 2 foot breaker bar, with the car in 5th gear and my wife on the brakes to keep the car from moving, and the bolt still insists on staying put, despite the fact that I am making the breaker bar bend like a banana! The problem seems to be the combination of the torque required and the fact that I cannot lock the crank (there is still a lot of movement despite being in gear and the brakes applied). There must be an easier way, surely? Andy. Almost certainly got threadlock on the threads. You could try to heat up the |
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Wifes head gasket went a couple of days ago. Ok, I thought, lets get the head off and see the damage, shouldn't be that hard... Except, unlike my car, the crankshaft pulley bolt will not budge. I am now up to a 2 foot breaker bar, with the car in 5th gear and my wife on the brakes to keep the car from moving, and the bolt still insists on staying put, despite the fact that I am making the breaker bar bend like a banana! The problem seems to be the combination of the torque required and the fact that I cannot lock the crank (there is still a lot of movement despite being in gear and the brakes applied). There must be an easier way, surely? Andy. |
that we have trouble with we use a big windy gun, but check its not a left
hand thread as well, also as someone posted, it could be just a case of the
lockthread holding it tight!!!
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Wifes head gasket went a couple of days ago. Ok, I thought, lets get the head off and see the damage, shouldn't be that hard... Except, unlike my car, the crankshaft pulley bolt will not budge. I am now up to a 2 foot breaker bar, with the car in 5th gear and my wife on the brakes to keep the car from moving, and the bolt still insists on staying put, despite the fact that I am making the breaker bar bend like a banana! The problem seems to be the combination of the torque required and the fact that I cannot lock the crank (there is still a lot of movement despite being in gear and the brakes applied). There must be an easier way, surely? Andy. |
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