damn (crank) bolt!!

curtcurt Wagonist
in Engine & Drivetrain
i really hate crank pulley bolts.
well i was trying to do the timing belt, water pump, etc..
on my new motor but i couldn't get that bolt off.
hit it with an impact gun, pb blaster, and breaker bar.
i did get the tapped oil pan and gasket on so the day
wasn't a total waste. flywheel clutch kit and trans is next.
well that is if i can get thaT DAMN BOLT OFF!

Comments

  • Mista BoneMista Bone Wagonist
    hit the bolt on the head with a hammer, spray PB and wait 30 minutes.

    repeat and wait.

    Then zip it right off with 90 psi and a cheapy impact gun.

    Honda's Zinc CAdium plating = best thread locker ever!
  • HandofBoBHandofBoB New Wagonist
    If you plan to replace Honda timing belts often then I recommend buying the tool for it. My friend bought one for about $80± but it makes it so easy to take off. Just an FYI. Good luck with it. If all else fails do what I did the first time around, grab an 3/4" inch impact gun. Works everytime, even if the socket gets destroyed. :?
  • nominousnominous familEE
    I've got the tool to hold the pulley as well. I'll only give it up "From My Cold Dead Hands"
    Makes it a cinch.
  • SweetOhSweetOh Wagonist
    This is what i had to do.

    You need a heavy duty ratchet something like a 1/2" thick. The you get someone to step on the breaks as hard as they can. Then you put a 3foot cheater bar or somthing to extend your touque. The use your body weight to push down the it sould pop.
  • curtcurt Wagonist
    well the motor was out of the car so i threw it in the back of my van and took it to my friends shop around the corner. the hit it with their impact gun nothing. then they put a chain ratchet around the crank pulley to hold it still
    then two guys pushed down on the 3 ft breaker bar and then it came off.
  • HaydzHaydz Moderator
    Best way to do it is still in the car - put the breaker bar on the pully and the other end on the ground. Then slightly lower the jack, the weight of the car cracks the nut for you.
  • White&NerdyWhite&Nerdy Senior Wagonist
    Ok, HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

    Trying the timing belt/water pump job myself. My problem right now isn't the crank pulley bolt, but immobilizing the engine so that I can remove the bolt instead of turning the crank. Car is an automatic, so putting it into gear and having someone stand on the brake isn't an option (tried it anyway, didn't work). The Haynes book says to wedge a screwdriver into the teeth of the flywheel, but the automatic doesn't expose any teeth, and the book doesn't say how to do this on an auto. I'm truly lost, and the car is in pieces in my girlfriend's garage until I do something here. Any ideas? At all? Please???
  • nominousnominous familEE
    Invest in the tool.
    Over here it's $70, over there I'd expect it to be 50%.
  • White&NerdyWhite&Nerdy Senior Wagonist
    Been looking for it, nobody around here has it. :(
  • GoeletteGoelette Wagonist
    You can easily make the tool yourself.... I don't know what the shuttle puley looks like, but Honda either had a lot of little holes drilled in the pulley, or a gigantic "bolt-shaped"hole in the middle.
    If it's the first one, just take a long piece of good iron, and weld 2 little pieces on it that fall into 2 opposite holes. Now you can block the pulley.
    if it;'s the second one, get a huge nut with the same size, weld it on a long piece of iron, and it;s blocked.
    in either case, you have to make sure that your newly made tool doesn't sit in the way for your tool to remove the crankpulley-bolt itself... :)

    Good luck :)
  • White&NerdyWhite&Nerdy Senior Wagonist
    That's assuming one has the tools and ability to weld - neither of which I have. :(

    I do have an impact wrench now. It's able to hammer away at the bolt without turning the crank. Yay!

    Unfortunately, it's having no effect on the bolt whatsoever.

    :evil:
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