Hi guys,

I just got done loosening the flywheel bolts without using a ring gear holder, crankpulley wrench or even a scrap piece of metal to use as a flywheel holder. I just used a box wrench that was the right length and used that to keep the flywheel from moving. Some people said you can use a scrap piece of metal, but I didn't have any laying around so I used a wrench instead.

It's really simple, just use a tranny bolt and put it through the closed end of your wrench and thread the bolt into the mounting hole. Put one of the pressure plate bolts in place and thread it in all the way and use the other end of the wrench to hold that pressure plate bolt and flywheel in place. Flywheel didn't move at all...only thing I had to worry about was tiping my motor.

After I get my flywheel resurfaced and reinstalled and my crankpulley bolt tightenend, I'll see if a reverse method works too.




Modified by BlueShadow at 1:55 AM 7/31/2004

 

Good job!

 

Saweeeet, i'm gonna use that for my build

 

hhhmmm hhhmm improper tool use....cough cough

Your creative, and whatever gets the job done man....

 

Sweet! It works and that's what counts! Good job man!

 

Looks good!

In your description you say that the other end of the wrench is against a flywheel bolt, but don't you put it up against a dowel pin?

 

we use that method as well.

 

Glad to know I am not the only one using this method. I just put my flywheel back in yesterday using this method, with good results. Like he said, the only thing to watch for is tipping the motor. I have done this twice now and have had no problems torqeing (sp) to spec. Good tip to have out there for those that dont have the ring gear holder!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sporkcrx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Looks good!

In your description you say that the other end of the wrench is against a flywheel bolt, but don't you put it up against a dowel pin?</TD></TR></TABLE>
dowel pin is much weaker than the pressure plate bolt.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Kasper-EF8 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hhhmmm hhhmm improper tool use....cough cough

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ha ha we've all been there.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Driven &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
dowel pin is much weaker than the pressure plate bolt. </TD></TR></TABLE>

I didn't mean that. I meant if you look at his picture, isn't the open end of the wrench on a dowel pin?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sporkcrx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I didn't mean that. I meant if you look at his picture, isn't the open end of the wrench on a dowel pin?</TD></TR></TABLE>

I can assure you that it is not on a dowel pin, but rather a PP bolt. You can see the 3 dowel pins at the 11 o clock, 8 o clock and 4 o clock position on the picture.

 

aahhh gotcha. I totally forgot about the pp bolts and was thinking about the flywheel bolts

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sporkcrx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">aahhh gotcha. I totally forgot about the pp bolts and was thinking about the flywheel bolts</TD></TR></TABLE>


Ahh, it's ok I see where you got that from, that was my fault for wording it incorrectly in my original post. I'll change it right now.

 

Nice, I just stuck an insulated screwdriver through it for mine and they came off pretty easily.