Put a breaker bar on the crank bolt jam it against the ground or chassis. Then bump start your starter to turn your crank and thus loosing the crank bolt.

Anybody ever encounter a problem when using this method? It doesn't seem to healthy on engine component.

 

Dude ive never heard of that and theres prob. a damn good reason why i havent either. Crank bolts are a beotch, but it will come loose. Im notorious for breakin em loose round here

 

method does work though

 

Just make sure nothing goes flying at you.

 

I don't understand how it will work, doesn't the motor spin the wrong way to do that??

 

make sure you disconect the coil wire

 

Won't work on a cylinder Honda the engnie spins the wrong way.

 

exactly. The bolt is made to tighten as the engine spins... It won't work

fs

 

Doesn't sound safe for you or your car, I wouldn't do it. Just buy the correct tool for the job.

 

which way does a 95 4 cycl crank spin if you are facing it?

 

counterclockwise

 

yeah another reason not to do this...you guys'll get a kick outta this

back in the day (when I didn't know **** about cars) I had an eclipse (before i got smart and bought a honda). now this eclipse had a burnt out valve so being young and nieve i go to remove the head (having absolutely no experience but my dad did). Unfortunately like most of our dads he works full time and wasn't there to smack some sense into me. on my 90 eclipse gs the pulley is held onto the crank sprocket by 4 bolts and then the sprocket bolts to the crank. well i got the timing belt off and everything and went to remove the crank sprocket bolt to get to the balance shaft (keep in mind i took the timing belt off). i then proceeded to use the prescribed method above. despite the fact that i was tightening the bolt i also managed to bend all of my intake valves when i turned the starter. so much for my cheap head job.

 

I am pretty sure the accord has the crank spining counterclock...not clock. so you would be tightening the bolt....

 

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Unless you put the breaker bar toward the front of the car then it would wedge itself against the ground when you turned it over. I still don't think it would be a good idea though.

 

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Unless you put the breaker bar toward the front of the car then it would wedge itself against the ground when you turned it over. I still don't think it would be a good idea though.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Regardless how you mount the breaker bar the crank is still turning counter clockwise.. wont work

 

I guess it only work on my 95 v6 accord. That pulley spins CW.

 

risky business

 

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Regardless how you mount the breaker bar the crank is still turning counter clockwise.. wont work </TD></TR></TABLE>

edit:
nevermind, I thought about and relized why I was thinking of it wrong. Sorry about that.


Modified by TouringAccord at 7:57 AM 7/2/2004

 

I highly doubt a starter would have enough torque to overcome 135 ft/lbs or however much the crank pulley is torqued down to.

 

isnt the crank pulley bolt a reverse threaded bolt? just impact that sucka out!

i donbt know if the stock clutch can handle that much torque to the crank so the breaker bar probably wont work.

 

or people could just shell out $23 for the proper tool and not **** something up

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by shrekz &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">isnt the crank pulley bolt a reverse threaded bolt? </TD></TR></TABLE>
No

 

You CAN do it, but you shouldn't. I did it on my friends Corolla (1990? I think). We were too lazy to run down to the store (again) to get one little tool so we rigged it. The crank has to turn Clockwise for it to work. Just make sure the socket's on there real good, otherwise it could pop off, lucky for us it loosened up on the first try.

Horror story, a guy was doing the same thing, had the breaker bar on the opposite side of the firewall thinking that was the side it would break up against, and was using a remote starter switch while over looking the whole setup as he pushed the button. Can you guess what happened? Damn near knocked his jaw off and lost almost all his teeth on the impact side of his mouth.

T'is wiser to get the right tool(s) for the job.