I can't get that damn crank pulley bolt off!!! I tried it when it was hot, cold, wet, dry... name it.

Also... for whomever's done this themselves... how did you get it off without a really torque impact wrench?

FRUSTRATED!

 

I hit it with a torch for 15 sec. then impact wrench and it spun right off! Good luck!

 

you need a 1/2" impact gun. or attempt what Chuck said

 

Thing is that I don't have an impact gun. I put a crow-bar on the hub and tried my very best... couldn't budge it!

Let me think about this...!!

 

all the car shit you do and you haven't purchased a impact gun? i'm suprised, might be a GREAT investment, no?

 

impact gun

 

theres this way to take it off...risky though....it was posted on av6.com but we moved to another site and its lost...well you need breaker bar(piping) that is long enough to fit on the wratchet and rest the bar on the frame of the car...turn the engine over for a quik sec and it should spin loose...when ur ready to put it back on use alot of threadlock...the red ones are the extra strenght ones ...have fun

 

yup ive done this with the powersteering pulley on my av6. very risky but well worth it if it works

sidemarker

 

if you dont need to reuse the bolt, you can take a can of compressed air, turn it upside down, and spray it for a good minute or so. then wack it with something good and hard and you might be able to shatter it. probably not the best method, but its fun to try

(compressed air cans shoot out liquid N2 i think when you spray them upside down)

 

Davediego, been doing some bike stealing lately. That's a common way to brake bike locks.

 

Take it to a local shop and just have them loosen it , then tighten it but not animal-tight . Then when u get home it should come right off...they shouldn't charge too much

 

I don't know about cranking it with a breaker-bar... might just take it somewhere to loosen it!

I have an electric impact-gun... serves my purpose so far...

 

did u take the belt off first? leave it on and then try it. but u def need an impact gun

 

until today anyway

 

really? i just discovered it when cleaning off some PCB one day at work. and work happens to be an engineering internship and not peddling bikes thank you very much :sqntfawk:

 

I have liquid nitrogen at work... hmmm, should try that eh?

Nevertheless... I need an impact.. cuz i have to tighten it back again... shit.

This had better give me like 15whp at least!! Freaking putting a turbo in is easier than this crap

 

This has been done for years, but I've never heard anyone refering to it as being risky before. It'll work, and I'm not sure where the risk is. Some motors spin the wrong way though.

 

yea its been done by quite a few people...thats the method i'm using when i get some pullies

 

My mechanic used that chain thing and wrapped it around the crank pulley. He wrapped it around so that it wouldn't turn while turning the bolt in the middle of the pulley. It was a bitch and he's ASE/Honda Cert. and everything.