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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Gaffers on 13 January 2013, 13:30:55
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No! Not in the jaaaaaaag ;D ;D ;D
After trying to get the crackshaft pulley bolt off for the last 3 hours with heat and a lot of blood and sweat she is going back together with the old camelt on. I have a breaker bar on order, I'll give it a go next weekend >:(
Even when I was wrapped around the front of the car to get get maximum leverage, both arms on the ratchet that bastid thing wasn't moving.
Murmhuhguh *mutters something rude about Halfords Autocenters* murmghughugh........
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I once bent a 4 foot bar trying to get a crank pulley off a 1.8 1983 vw santana. Last time I worked on an vw.
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Is it possible to jack it up and use the weight of the car coming down to move it? I've used this many times in the past. :y
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nothing like 3/4" drive and scaffold pipe !
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Worthy investment is a compressor and a windy gun for such jobs.
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you need a 22st lump on the end.
I'm available for hire most days ;D ;D
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you need a 22st lump on the end.
I'm available for hire most days ;D ;D
I'm already 17st and mostly muscle.....going to wait for the breaker bar :y
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Worthy investment is a compressor and a windy gun for such jobs.
I've never known a windy capable of undoing 200 lb/ft+ nuts/bolts. :y
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Is it possible to jack it up and use the weight of the car coming down to move it? I've used this many times in the past. :y
^^^^^^^^^ This is what I have done in the past. :y
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IS shocked :o :o :o :o :o :o
you dont have a breaker bar tut tut even i have a breaker bar ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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was best on the landrover tdi lumps, place bar on crank bolt, end of bar against chassis and flick started..
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was best on the landrover tdi lumps, place bar on crank bolt, end of bar against chassis and flick started..
^^^Yep, used that before also :y :y :y
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Guffy, are you finding that the crank pulley just spins?
What I find at school is that if you use a long breaker bar (giving you more leverage and torque) it'll just spin the crank pulley.
If you get an impact gun there is no torque and all the twisting force is applied just to the nut alone.
Hope this helps :y
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The wrong tools and poor technique, tut tut
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when we first did the crank pulley on my DeLorean (PRV-V6 engine), we had the 36mm socket, a breaker bar, length of scaffold pipe, and two (admitedly weedy) blokes pulling on the bar for all it was worth, whilst I sat in the car, gearstick held in 5th and literally standing on the brakes.
The bugger shifted in the end!!
However, as its now been off, when we had to replace the pulley last year (after the car got rear ended and it got damaged), it came off a piece of p***, as it hadnt been effectively 'welded' to the engine for 30yrs :)
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3 portly oofer's on the end of a scaffold pole ::) that'l do it ;D
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Worthy investment is a compressor and a windy gun for such jobs.
I've never known a windy capable of undoing 200 lb/ft+ nuts/bolts. :y
This is machine mart junk, theres much better and more powerful out there.
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/cat81-hd-1-2in-drive-air-impact-wrench
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Worthy investment is a compressor and a windy gun for such jobs.
I've never known a windy capable of undoing 200 lb/ft+ nuts/bolts. :y
This is machine mart junk, theres much better and more powerful out there.
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/cat81-hd-1-2in-drive-air-impact-wrench
I've got that one, it is OK for wheel nuts, but not much more. :y
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Ingersol rand....not cheap but you get what you pay for and dont forget to take into consideration the after sales service and how long that spares will be available for.....so rather than buy cheap crap....wait and save a little longer to buy better...you know its make sense.... :y
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I cant go with air tools until I know what is happening with my job and where I'll be living this time next year :y
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what makes one windy gun better than the next?
okay some can look nicer but isnt it the power of the compressor that makes the diffrence?
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what makes one windy gun better than the next?
okay some can look nicer but isnt it the power of the compressor that makes the diffrence?
Quality of the components and packaging I suppose... My IR Gun would probably undo the crank pulley on said focus (never failed before) with a suitable air supply but most home compressors aren't man enough to drive it ::)
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lol last one i did, tried breaker bar no go, tried windy gun no go, tried bit of heat no go, then went and borrowed a truck 3/4 drive windy gun, with the compressor cut out disconnected and the compressor flat out,it finally let go in a shower of dust and rust particles,,then years ot 100k, is ridiculous,unless the car does 40k a year you will struggle!!
good luck!! only saving grace is its pretty easy to do apart from the crankshaft bolt :y
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I cant go with air tools until I know what is happening with my job and where I'll be living this time next year :y
you can still have air tools though i have a compressor and windy gun :)
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what makes one windy gun better than the next?
okay some can look nicer but isnt it the power of the compressor that makes the diffrence?
Most compressors have a max pressure if 150-170 psi.
The difference is the size of the stoage tank and how quickly the lost pressure is replaced.
Use a gun like below for truck wheels and the air is soon depleated, but even a baby one will operate it briefly.
(http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k536/tidla1/T2eC16RE9s2fCHcpBQmeNOEr6g60_35_zps152f185e.jpg)
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what makes one windy gun better than the next?
okay some can look nicer but isnt it the power of the compressor that makes the diffrence?
Most compressors have a max pressure if 150-170 psi.
The difference is the size of the stoage tank and how quickly the lost pressure is replaced.
Use a gun like below for truck wheels and the air is soon depleated, but even a baby one will operate it briefly.
(http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k536/tidla1/T2eC16RE9s2fCHcpBQmeNOEr6g60_35_zps152f185e.jpg)
The bore size of the airline and fittings makes quite a difference too
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After trying to get the crackshaft pulley bolt off for the last 3 hours with heat and a lot of blood and sweat she is going back together with the old camelt on. I have a breaker bar on order, I'll give it a go next weekend >:(
If you're changing the timing belt, there's no need for the big bolt to go off?, just the small ones around, (unless you're taking off the oilpump?)
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After trying to get the crackshaft pulley bolt off for the last 3 hours with heat and a lot of blood and sweat she is going back together with the old camelt on. I have a breaker bar on order, I'll give it a go next weekend >:(
If you're changing the timing belt, there's no need for the big bolt to go off?, just the small ones around, (unless you're taking off the oilpump?)
It's a Zetec engine, though, not on an Omega. ;)
My Zetec has a 1 piece crank pulley. Never had much hassle getting it off, but it is easy to get the engine out of a Westie, then you can do this:
(http://images.omegaowners.com/images/kevin/Westfield%20Rebuild/IMGP2973.JPG)
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