Hi Everyone,

My first post... and I thought that this was worth sharing with everyone.

A little background... I bought a '96 Civic a couple of years ago. This is
the car that I drive when I can't drive my other car ('58 Vette My Vette ).

I love this Civic for many of the same reasons that I love the Vette.
The two cars are very similar... no A/C, no P/S, no P/W, no CD, no A/T,
except the Civic has power brakes (the Vette doesn't). No frills driving
enjoyment. The only thing that the Civic is missing is a V8 and the classic
styling.

Well, the Civic just turned 90,000, so it was time for the dreaded timing belt
swap. I spent a couple of days researching and everything I read said that
removing the crank bolt was the most difficult part. Most sites said to
remove the starter and insert a screwdriver into the flywheel teeth to
prevent the crank from moving (I tried but the darned thing kept falling out) I
found a site that showed some holes in the crank pulley and suggested
putting bolts in the holes and a long bar to prevent the pulley from moving
(can't find the site now)... Well, after I got the thing apart I found out that
my pulley didn't have the holes. A week later... I finally figured out the proper
way to remove the crank bolt. Here are a couple of picts...






I picked up a piece of 2" x 2" steel angle bracket at Home Depot and cut two
pieces with the following dimensions... 2" High x 1" Wide x 2" Deep. I cut
them with a hand hacksaw. It is better to make it a little large and file it
down to make a perfect fit. If the pieces are too small then they are useless.


Just for the record I figure I put about 200 ft. lbs on that darned bolt.
Probably more than the engine is capable of producing.

Well, I spend most of my free on the corvetteforum.com but I'll stop in on
occasion. Hope this method is useful to someone...