is it easier with the engine in the car or out? its currently in but if i dont get any good insight im ripping the motor out and going to try to take it off. im rebuilding the motor in the process.

 

I would say easier with it in, if you don't have air tools. I don't know why you would have to pull the engine to do it.

Wait... do you have air tools? If so, just zip it off. It's only 134 ftlbs.

 

id say its just as easy in or out. at least if it is out you dnt need a extension just a socket and breaker. but then if its out you have to hold the flywheel from movin. Its easier to get off with a impact gun

 

Buy the socket pulley holder its a big hexagon socket that goes in the pulley.

search on ebay

put it on a breaker and wedge it with the ground or have someone else hold it

your 19mm or whatever should fit through the center of that one and loosen it as you'd normally do

costs like 35+

 

when the motor is in. when it is out you will not get it off. with the motor in put it into 5th gear smash the brakes and break the bolt loose.

 

WRONG....if you have the proper tools and knowledge, you can EITHER remove the crank pulley bolt with the engine in or out of the car. All you have to do is remove the starter, stick a durable pry bar to "lock" the flywheel and remove the crank pulley. BTW, make sure the motor is at TDC.

 

IF you have small amounts of tool usage, it's way easier to do it when it is out of the car.

 

Honestly, it is easier when the motor is out of the car because you have more leverage room but with it being in the engine bay, it's not that much difficult. You just have to make sure the car is up on jack stands so you can have room to loosen and remove the crank pulley bolt.

 

it doesn't really matter to me. i'll do it in the car, or remove the engine. But since your removing the engine anyways to rebuild it. take it all out in one piece. then loosen it on the ground.

 

Lift
Breaker Bar
Socket
1/2" Ratchet

 

I wouldn't wanna put a pry bar on my flywheel... These dam bolts slowly tighten them selfs over time so its not only gonna be 134lbs.

 

the best thing is a 1in impact works every time

 

YEP^^^ This is what i had it weighted like 35 pounds.

 

You should be careful when sticking a screw driver to hold the flywheel You may bend it. Air tools are the best.

 

lolyeah.

I've found that a 1/2" 700 ftlb Ingersall Rand works really good too. Never had a problem using that.

 

Heat the bolt a little, then impact wrench.

Mine wouldn't come off, a shop couldn't get it off with an impact either. Then they took a torch to it and then zip, it came right off

 

Back in the day when we used to work on chevys you could just put a breaker bar on the crank bolt, let the bar rest on the frame and bump the engine over with the starter to break it loose.. Too bad D-B-H-F engines spin counter clockwise, it'd just tighten the bolt more.. LOL!

 

aww ****. i used to do that. i still do that. i used to own a 92 1500 chevy extended cab 350 :D that was some fun right there.

 

use the pulley holder tool, a breaker bar, an extension, impact socket, and then a jackstand for support. then just crank down on the breaker bar with a lot of force and it should pop loose. If not, use a cheater bar and it should definitely come off.

 

If you have the engine out and no trans on it, you can use a length of chain from one of the clutch bolts to a bell housing bolt so the chain is pulling at a 90 degree angle from the radius of the flywheel.

I use that trick to torque flywheels and stubborn crank bolts..

Lucky for me, fidanza drills out and threads all 9 bolt holes for the clutch in their flywheels.. That means I have 3 spare holes I can use this trick on from the back side of the flywheel while the engine is still in the car.. =]

WOOT for fidanza!