I have been trying to get my crank pulley off for the last 2 days and can't get it to come out I just wanted to know if the bolt is reverse threaded

 

nope, its threaded like a normal bolt. The only thing that has ever worked for me is a 3/4" drive impact gun. Even the $120 1/2" impact gun didnt work....take it up to a tire place and give them $5 to take it off for you.

 

thanks alot man.So far I've been using a mac gun and that just won't get it loose

 

it was hell to get mine off, what I did was I borrowed a friends impact gun. It 700hp in reverse I was ******* awesome. There is also a post on jdmuniverse.com in the how to section that tell different ways to get the crank bolt off.

 

I had one that a mobile tire truck couldn't get.

3/4 inch air gun and nearly 200 PSI behind it.
My boi Bradley worked at CO-OP and had to change truck tires all the time.
What finally DID get it was the Big AZZ brand pliers, and a 5 1/2 foot cheater bar.
Was still hard to push too. When it went, we thought we had broken it off in the crank. I was a little distilled if you know what I mean.

It was A-OK. One mother of a pearl to get off there though. Then we had to get the front balancer off. That was no picnic either. I admit, a lot eaier than the bolt but still no picnic.

just my 2¢ worth.
IT

 

moroso b series crank pulley tool works wonders!
I had to wedge it against the ground to hold the pulley still, and then get a good-sized breaker bar and put all my weight into it. But, after arguing with impacts for awhile, it only too a few minutes to get it off with the breaker bar.
The thing with impacts is that its not all in the impact gun, its in the compressor. You have to be able to clock your compressor to put out around 175 pounds, most home units will only see 125.

 

strap wrench and a brother that can bench press 400 lbs

 

Putting the crank pulley back on is it ok to use a opean end wrench or should i use a gun?

 

Man, that crank pulley bolt was a *****. I also spent hours, and finally got it off with a 3/4" impact, 1/2" wont do it.

 

just did mines.. used a husky impact gun 1/2 i think.. came out like butter. also did the moroso crank tool thing too...gave up and forked the money to buy a impact.

 

man you guys are a bunch of pussies. i took mine off with astrap wrench and some pb blaster, came right off. this was on a 98 ls

 

we dont get steriods shot up in our ***'s like u 1quickls. some of us r weak. lol. j/k

 

werd..and some of us just dont want to deal with it.

 

harmonic balancing tool wedged against inside fender, and a 6 foot breaker bar with my 180 pound step-dad jumping on it hehe...

 

Last time I tried to do it... I put on a stock flywheel, jammed a screwdriver between the flywheel teeth and the cement floor. a big screwdriver, and then I had a breaker bar on the bolt... Ya, that was an easy way to snap a screwdriver...

guess I gotta try an impact. or just buy a new crank bolt for my other engine.
-Mike