So I searched around and didn't see a definitive answer to this...

Moroso crank pully tool shown here:

http://www.moroso.com/catalog/...27115

Does it fit H23 as well as the Honda/Acura 1.5/1.6/1.8L as stated?

I'm in the middle of trying all the typical ways to get the bolt off, just trying to plan ahead if I have to buy one of these.

Thanks.

 

actually, the big problem with this is that the sohc d-series motors don't have the hexagon hole in the cs pulley. It will fit ALL cs pulleys that have that hexagon shape. I have the MAC honda cs pulley holder, and it will work on everything except the d-series that are circular.

Mike

 

Cool thanks. So it sounds like I'm good with this tool for H-series stuff, which is all I work on.

Do you have a link to the MAC tool you use? Would like to compare the two.

Thanks.

 

you dont need that tool. just get a big breaker bar (pipe) and a screw driver. put the screw driver between the teeth of the fly wheel and go. it worked great on my old engine that had 113000 miles and i didnt think that bolt was going to come off at all

 

Thanks - but the method you're talking about assumes the engine is in the car and you have a flywheel attached

There are still some other things I'm going to try first before buying this tool though, so keep the suggestions coming.

Thanks-

 

pair of vise grips attatched to flywheel works. put slightly longer flywheel bolts into crank and have a friend hold a prybar .

 

Got the crank bolt out...finally. Now all that's left is put on the new t-belt and balancer belt, but of course it's misbehaving. I had the t-belt on fine, everything lined up, but when I did the tensioning procedure for the balancer belt, the t-belt skipped a tooth on the intake cam gear. The t-belt seems way too slack, particularly at the horizontal part between the two cam gears. Ugh.

Any suggestions on getting this all straight? I got mad at it, so I'm giving the motor some time to sit in the corner of my garage and think about what it's done.

 

the good old 3 hand trick. Plus, they also make a cool tool that holds the cam gears in perfect position. But I haven't bought that yet. I normally hold the intake cam gear tight with a 12mm pulling clockwise.

Mike

 

Hummm....interesting. I was just told that the slack in the belt between the cam gears is normal. That's not the case, it should be tight?

Care to elaborate on your technique? I'm generally mechanically pretty good, but this is the first time I've tried this. Assume I know nothing for a second