ok im doing a mini me swap and i have to change the timing belt , but i cant get the crank shaft pully bolt off iv tried air tools, a swing arm, wd 40 does anyone know a trick to get this damn thing off ?

 

Soak the bitch in PB Blaster, have someone stand on the brakes while the car is in 5th gear, and use a breaker bar with cheater pipe (6-8ft total), and hang from the end of the bar. It will come loose.

 

if air tools didnt work you can try to wedge something in to the fly wheel so that the pulley wont spin or you could go buy a crank pulley remove tool for 40 buck. thats all i can think of. hope this helps

 

ok well the motor is out of the car im building it before i put it in, and i tried puttin a screw driver in the fly wheel and i snaped the screw driver in half

 

it doesnt have one of those reverse bolts does it ?

 

i stabelized the motor then i soaked it in wd-40 then i put a swing arm on it and jumped on the bitch and that **** still wont come off

 

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Nope.

Since the motor is out of the car and you can't get the screwdriver trick to work, either get the Moroso crank pulley holder or put some rope in one cylinder so that the piston pushes against it (on the compression stroke so that the valves are closed). Soaking it in PB Blaster should help - WD40 does **** compared to this stuff. Heating it up with a torch and then taking a punch, or something, to deadblow against the bolt may help. Try to tighten it first, then loosen it.

 

ok thanx ill fo get some bp blaster, i tried doing it again and broke my damn swing arm

 

ok thanx ill go* get some bp blaster, i tried doing it again and broke my damn swing arm

 

Since the motor is out of the car just take it to a local mechanic shop. 5 bucks and there air tools will knock that off.

 

Whenever I run into a problem taking the crank pulley bolt off I just hit it with the torch. Always comes right off.

 

I took off my crank pulley a couple of times with the motor out of the car.

Just get the crank pulley holder tool that goes onto a 1/2" drive breaker bar. Its like $15, but I unfortunately cant remember where I got it (online). It's kinda like a bit or a socket that, combined with a breaker bar, does the same job as the much more expensive "real" crank pulley holder. If you can't find it, borrow a pulley holder.

Brace the pulley holder against the ground, on the left side of the pulley. Grab the pulley bolt with another breaker bar on, on the left of the pulley, about 30 degrees above the one that's holding the pulley, so you can step on the breaker bar and break the bolt free. Feel free to use a bigass cheater bar to get the necessary torque.

physics &gt; *

 

place a longer open end bar ( like a metal pipe) on to the breaking bar. so you can get more toqure on the bolt. i had to do this saturday on a crank pulley. that has never been changed in 100K. and do like EE_Chris chris said. that should work. but you may need to people on it and one person to hold the stand so that it does not move.

 

i finally got it after gettin my 250 pound grandad to stomp on the damn thing i broke 2 extentions and 2 sockets before i got it

 

i had one on a b18a where to bolt was seized in the crank - brought it to a shop - shop said screw it buy a new crank!

 

with the exception of Luserkid, those are the worst ideas ive heard EVER!

look at my sig for my thread on how to take the bitch out right and safely!

 

I think we need a "How To" on putting the crank pulley back on correctly. I've never had any problems getting any crank pulley off. I just removed mine last night and all I had was the crank pulley holder and a 3/4" ratchet that was about 12" long.

 

crank pulley remove tool works well. At least on my 98 Ex it did, so it gets my vote.

 

Find the most powerful impact wrench you have available. Spray the bolt with pentrating oil. Alternate between loosening and tightening the bolt in short bursts. It will come loose after several of the tightening/loosening sequences. No need for the crankshaft pulley tool. The impact wrench is all you need.

 

depending on aging - and seizing nothing will work- people can say theres a 100% method- to me thats bullshit- i change tbelts for a living ! well weekend warrior style

 

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How do you reinstall the crank pulley bolt??

 

i always thought that if you heat that bolt up w/ a torch you run the chance of damaging the crank