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In an attempt to remove my crank pulley to tack the supercharger pulley onto, after many attempts to crack the sucker loose, the pulley removal tool snapped!!! Seriously??? What now??
Last ditch method: a breaker bar braced against the floor on the DS. Give it a crank, DON'T LET IT RUN! The crank wants to turn clockwise. The breaker bar holding the crank nut resists that and boom! Loose nut.
I've heard it could possibly lead to bad things. Not sure how or why. Always works for me with no issues. But I usually use it after exhausting other methods cuz of this. *Shrug*
Last ditch method: a breaker bar braced against the floor on the DS. Give it a crank, DON'T START IT! The crank wants to turn clockwise. The breaker bar resists that and boom! Loose nut.
I've heard it could possibly lead to bad things. Not sure how or why. Always works for me with no issues.
Lol that's what I was telling him. Also could try the rope method down the cylinder like you do for doing the valve retainers to hold the crank in place by not allowing the piston to reach TDC. I've heard people have done this on other cars.
Last ditch method: a breaker bar braced against the floor on the DS. Give it a crank, DON'T LET IT RUN! The crank wants to turn clockwise. The breaker bar holding the crank nut resists that and boom! Loose nut.
I've heard it could possibly lead to bad things. Not sure how or why. Always works for me with no issues. But I usually use it after exhausting other methods cuz of this. *Shrug*
Lol that's what I was telling him. Also could try the rope method down the cylinder like you do for doing the valve retainers to hold the crank in place by not allowing the piston to reach TDC. I've heard people have done this on other cars.
I could try the rope but it seemed like between my buddy and I the max strength we each had with the jack handle on the breaker bar at varying lengths wasn't enough. Need to get some huge guy to come give it a try lol
Mine didn't work. Trying to get my hands on a more powerful one
Yeah on some engines these crank pulley bolts are so tight, you really need a super heavy duty impact wrench.
I tried crank pulley holder tool + breaker bar too first. First the breaker bar bent. Got a bigger one. Then the crank pulley holder tool started deforming!
Then tried a decent impact wrench. No dice either.
In the end I drove to a garage where they had an absolutely massive impact wrench they said always got everything loose they ever needed to.
Even then, the guy had that thing hammering away at it for a good 30 seconds before it finally came loose.
05-29-2021, 05:18 AM
Crank Pulley removal tool BROKE
