im tryin to change my timing belt. i cant get my the bolt that holds my crank pulley on the crank shaft. ne tips would be most appreciative. thanx

 

it shouldnt be all that hard, just like the pulley up make sure u have the woodruf key in there with it and bolt in on

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Donkey85 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">it shouldnt be all that hard, just like the pulley up make sure u have the woodruf key in there with it and bolt in on</TD></TR></TABLE>
He's trying to get it off not on....

OK easiest and best way would obviously be to use a compressor and impact it off BUT if you dont have access to one the best way that we have found (when we couldnt use a compressor that is) Is to use the rope in the cylinder trick.

Go and pick up some clothes line rope from Walmart or something and then put your #1 cylinder on the compression stroke (well actually doesnt matter which cylinder just make sure its the compression stroke so the valves are closed) and the piston is as far down as possibly and then just start feeding the rope into the cylinder make sure you get a lot in there when we tried it the first time and it just went right passed it so you want to make sure you get it to coil around the cylinder walls and to put in as much as possibly and then just put a breaker bar on it and go to town!

Sounds like a ghetto way of doing it but it really does work even though I myself was skeptical of trying it as well.

 

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He's trying to get it off not on....

OK easiest and best way would obviously be to use a compressor and impact it off BUT if you dont have access to one the best way that we have found (when we couldnt use a compressor that is) Is to use the rope in the cylinder trick.

Go and pick up some clothes line rope from Walmart or something and then put your #1 cylinder on the compression stroke (well actually doesnt matter which cylinder just make sure its the compression stroke so the valves are closed) and the piston is as far down as possibly and then just start feeding the rope into the cylinder make sure you get a lot in there when we tried it the first time and it just went right passed it so you want to make sure you get it to coil around the cylinder walls and to put in as much as possibly and then just put a breaker bar on it and go to town!

Sounds like a ghetto way of doing it but it really does work even though I myself was skeptical of trying it as well. </TD></TR></TABLE>

This will work withiout messing anything up, so dont worry.

 

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There is another simpler way to do the job (provided your clutch is in good order AND the bolt was not overtightened). Get the car up on some drive-up ramps. Put the transmission in fifth gear. Have a buddy hold the brakes as hard as possible. Place a ratchet and socket on the crank pulley. And kick at the ratchet.

 

ok i don`t know if post count makes you guys smart but i would never do any of these . just dropthe blind plate cover off the tranny underneath the motor . should be 2 17 mm bolts and a 10 mm and 2 12 mm bolts holding it on . if you still have the engine slinger onnthe back of your head near the timing cover take it off . use one of the 12 mm bolts you just took off and slide it thru the hole on the slinger and thread it in the hole . now use a 10 mm bolt and slide it thru one of the holes on the backside of the exposed flywheel . walla instant holding tool . if you have any qeustions just holla back . i`m not trying to jack you guys but i would never put rope in my cylinder holes and use it that way . thats ruff on the rotating assembly . theres like 110 ft lbs of torque on that bolt and your using the rods to hold everything in place to break it loose . thats scary .

 

why not just buy the crankpulley bolt removal tool and use a breaker bar?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by biggdogg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ok i don`t know if post count makes you guys smart but i would never do any of these .

. i`m not trying to jack you guys but i would never put rope in my cylinder holes and use it that way . thats ruff on the rotating assembly . theres like 110 ft lbs of torque on that bolt and your using the rods to hold everything in place to break it loose . thats scary . </TD></TR></TABLE>
OK first off people have been doing this for years and so what if your putting that much pressure on the rods you dont think it could hold the pressure?? Your putting the pressure on something that was meant to hold up to pressure unlike your idea where the flywheel is NOT designed to hold that kind of pressure granted I will admit ideas like that also work but personally I have tried all kinds of ways and besides having a compressor this was the easiest way for ME I dont care if you dont like it its something that people have been doing for years without a single problem. Oh and BTW I dont care what my post count is its not there to show people how SMART I AM. So next time why dont you just give YOUR idea rather than saying something about someone elses especially if you have never tried it yourself.