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Old Jul 29, 2005 | 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by musikpal
That's totally a good point. I messed up my ball joint's thread when I did my cv axle 4 the first time and that was the real pain.

But the force that I have to overcome is only 250 N m. I just thought if I lock the fly wheel/crankshaft with transmission and clutch and block all the wheels with wedges and brakes, it should be stronger than wrestling against another person holding the crankshaft pulley holder (I'm not sure weather it's the same thing as chain wrench), which is a movable part anyway (that's what I thought how the tool works, I'm not sure), then use a long cheater bar. If I can get it as long as one meter then I only need alittle more than 250 N of force to overcome. That's just slightly over 1/3 of my weight. But all that, is under one condition (hopefully not 2 or 3, like the bolt has welded to the nut)....that the car won't move, which I thoght it shouldn't becasue it's against the gravity. Yet, I still doubt that if this works why doesn't every body use the method. More over, I'm not clear about what the bolt is really holing or attaching to.That's why I posted the thread to see what other problems could occure.

Thanks 4 the advise, Since the worst that could happen is moving the car(low risk), I think I'll try my method once with the chain wrench next to me, standing by 4 back up if my method sucks.
The bolt does nothing more than keep your pulley from falling off of your engine...
I'm saying I've done this half-ass and I've done them the right way...
I know it's easy for me to sit here and tell u to buy the right tools, but I don't really understand how else u will do it...
First u just named like 5 different things that are supposed to stop the crank from moving while u loosen pulley, yet what u don't realize is how many radians (degrees of rotation) must u turn the bolt to get it off?? Basically the force moving through all those seperate parts just adds more DEFLECTION into the problem, so I bet if u did do it the way u r explaining, the car would move before the bolt does. And if the car doesn't move, the clutch would most certainly deflect (move).
Also, u r expecting your clutch to transfer ALL your force into those other components, and I don't think that's gonna work...
If u r gonna buy the wrench, don't try and prove yourself right cause it could cost ya some $$.
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