Stuck Crankshaft Pulley Bolt - Broke

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Old Jun 15, 2018 | 12:11 PM
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Default Stuck Crankshaft Pulley Bolt - Broke

I made a thread here about 2 months ago: https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-...-bolt-3319173/ I still can't get it removed. I just tried using a 1/2 inch drive air gun with a 25 gallon compressor with no luck. I've probably sprayed PB blaster about 50 times on it and have had it heated with a propane torch for about a good 10-15 minutes. The air tool didn't work, so I used a 3 ft, 1/2 inch breaker bar/2 ft cheater bar + chain gear to hold the pulley in place, and the piece of **** pulley broke in half after a few tries. How the **** does the pulley break when I'm using the right tools? Now, it's just the bolt there and I can't use a breaker bar anymore because there is nothing to hold the strand of pulley in place. I can replace the pulley and bolt easy at a junkyard for about $10, but I still need to get this bolt off. I'm going counter clockwise on my D15b1 engine if that helps.

Should I go for the 1 inch drive air tool with like a 50 gallon compressor? Can I cut the bolt somehow? Please, any tips will help, thank you.
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Old Jun 15, 2018 | 02:20 PM
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Default Re: Stuck Crankshaft Pulley Bolt - Broke

you can also lock it on the flywheel side.

and use a bigger, stiffer cheater bar. some steel pipe, like 6 ft.

i have torqued it enough to shear off the head of the bolt with a cheater bar (was going the wrong way, brain fart).
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Old Jun 15, 2018 | 08:01 PM
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Default Re: Stuck Crankshaft Pulley Bolt - Broke

Originally Posted by Tyson
you can also lock it on the flywheel side.

and use a bigger, stiffer cheater bar. some steel pipe, like 6 ft.

i have torqued it enough to shear off the head of the bolt with a cheater bar (was going the wrong way, brain fart).
Good **** sir, I went to Lowes and got 5 ft of pipe and stuck it on to the breaker bar. After torching the whole bottle out and like 6 hours of elbow grease, it finally came off. God dammit, thank you for the help, this is really huge for me since this is the last thing I have to do with the car, leak wise.

Do you know what crank pulleys can be swapped with a D15b1 engine? From what I read on other threads, any other D15 pulley (like d15b7) should work fine.

Thanks again man
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Old Jun 18, 2018 | 02:22 PM
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You can take off the trans and buy a fly wheel lock and try it again.
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