biffaroony

WTF!!! I have tryed everything, air gun, pulley stop tool with breaker bar with 3ft and 4ft pole on the end. tryed PB spray, map gas torch. it will not move. any ideas, minus the starter method. please any help

Bearcat94

I wouldn't do the starter method with the '07/'08 "One Touch Start" feature.


If you've done this, I don't know what to tell you.

biffaroony

that looks like what i am doing.

nfnsquared

I had to use a 6' cast iron breaker bar to get mine and I bent it. It took several tries and all of my 200 lbs to get it...

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Unless you have a high end 1/2" (preferably 3/4") air wrench, an air wrench won't work.

If you can't get it off, button everything up and drive to a shop with a good compressor and a 3/4" - 1" air wrench and have them pop it loose. Then retorque it and drive home. It should come off easy once you get back home.

Good luck! That bolt was a beeeyotch!!!

johnny3

These guys on here mostly won't agree with this but regardless this works every time without breaking every breaker bar/ratchet in your garage.Do this first before removing any belts or motor support:
Take an acetiline torch (or find someone experenced that has one) heat the bolt head good & red, wait 2-3 minutes heat it again, make sure to heat the whole head back toward the pulley,(sometimes I have to heat it a third time) I then use my 1/2'' impact gun & spin it right out. I've done this at least 50 times over the years on Honda & Toyota products (cars & suvs), never ruined an oil seal, pulley, or a belt cover or caused any other problem.
To install the bolt when finished I warm the bolt to around 250-300* & put it back in with the same impact wrench, when the bolt cools it will be plenty tight as it gets shorter when it cools down, I've never had one to loosen up or any other problem & have changed customers TBs the second & third times.
I know of people not being able to loosen these bolt with 3/4" drive impact guns.
I also dont need the pulley "hold back" tool to get the bolt out.

sauceja

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I have used the starter method a couple times and seen mechanics do it as well.

It all depends on your air compressor and impact.

I use a nitrocat with 1100 ft/lbs in reverse and crank pulley bolts and axle nuts have never been a problem since.

Just my experience.

nfnsquared

Yeah, but how much did you spend on that and the compressor that could drive it?

TLDude876

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This!