I am trying to replace the timing belt on my wifes 98 accord v-6 ex and I can't take off the crankshaft hamper, the bolt is so freaking tight that nothing I do will losen the bolt, I made a home made tool to hold the crankshaft in order to loosen the bolt but I can't loosen the darn bolt. If you guys know of some tricks please let me know.
Thanks.

 

If you don't have a good impact, I'd suggest you take the car to a shop that has some good air tools, have them loosen & lightly re-tighten the bolt. Then you can head back home and replace the T-belt

 

You don't need air tools, it would be nice but it's not needed. Just use a breaker bar and a long cheater pipe over that, wedge the tool holding the crank pulley in place against the ground or something, then push/pull real hard on that cheater pipe. You'll hear a loud crack/pop when the bolt loosens. Has worked great for me so far.

 

well I tried using a breaker bar I even stood on top of it I weigh 200 lbs and then I stoped because I didnt want to break the bolt, I will try again tomorrow with a long cheater pipe thanks.

 

here's a picture of how I loosened a couple crank bolts, just for reference.

 

yeah that's what I'm doing I guess I just need a bigger cheater bar.

 

Thanks touring accord your picture helped me alot, I was getting ready to throw in the towel until I saw the size of the cheater pipe that you used. I went to home depot and bought a 1"x48" pipe and finally loosened the crankshaft damper bolt, and changed out my timing belt.