Holy crap that was a PITA!!! Why did Honda need to put that crankshaft pulley bolt on with 200 ft/lbs of torque?? I broke a Craftsman socket (it split down the side!) and a Craftsman 3/8" ratchet (the gears stripped) trying to get that stupid thing off.

What a complete pain in the rear end!!!

 

hey..go back and get em' replaced..lifetime warranty..i've broken too many socket-wrenches...sockets...adapters...good thing for the lifetime warranty or i'd be shy of a few tools heh...

p.s. thats a nice first gen, put up some more pics in day light..

 

Tell me you didn't attempt to use a 3/8" drive ratchet to remove that bolt.

1/2" breaker bar with a 2-3 ft. extension pipe is the way to go.

 

yea i used a breaker bar and striped a craftsmans gears too
just dont tell them you used a breaker bar, i dont know if they would take it back or not..when i returned mine they asked me if i did use a cheater bar, i said no but they acted kinda funny about it...ahh they gave me a new one anyways

 

I broke one of my nice wratcheting wrenches trying to get the bolt that holds the cat to the back part of teh exhaust on, they took it back no questions asked. I used a floor jack, and the wrench broke before the bolt came off.

You can do the same with the crank pully. Get an extension and a floor jack and let the jack do the work