is the crankshaft pulley bolt left hand threaded?? im changing my water pump and i do not have the pulley tool and have to do the job without it

please help im stuck trying to get it off and need some ideas


any help is greatly appreciated

 

The crank pulley bolt is RH threaded. Turn it CCW to remove.

You'll either need a tool to hold the crank pulley in place and a long breaker bar, or a very strong impact wrench.

I've done 20+ H22 timing belts, and my trusty Honda crank pulley holder and breaker bar have never let me down.

 

from experience, save yourself the giant headaches and just buy the $25 tool.
i tried to take the crank pulley off w/o the tool for literally 2 weeks, then i finally broke down about bought the tool, came off in literally 5 minutes.

 

Are the 80's series Honda Civics also right hand threads on the crankshaft pulley bolts? Thanks

 

Tried a cheap impact, didn't work... Tried a beastly MAC impact, didn't work... Finally got my hands on a home made pulley holder, had to put all my weight on the breaker bar and jump three times then finally broke it loose...

 

anyone hear about cranking the car to get the crank bolt off?

 

Since the engine rotates CCW, you'd just be tightening the bolt if you tried cranking the engine with a wrench on the bolt.

 

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it WOULD work.. IF the engine turned clockwise instead of counter-clockwise.. so cranking the engine with the bolt held will just tighten the bolt even more

 

Definitely use the pulley tool; I also discovered using a 20" long 1/2"-drive extension on the 19mm socket allows you to get your breaker bar outside the car and really torque on it. Came off pretty quick after trying relentlessly without the extension and struggling under the car. But yet, the pulley bolt is a pita