Beaten by a focus

[Gaffers]

No! Not in the jaaaaaaag

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........

[mantahatch]

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.

[Shackeng]

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.

[cnj]

nothing like 3/4" drive and scaffold pipe !

[tidla]

Worthy investment is a compressor and a windy gun for such jobs.

[plym ian]

you need a 22st lump on the end.

I'm available for hire most days

[Gaffers]

you need a 22st lump on the end.

I'm available for hire most days

I'm already 17st and mostly muscle.....going to wait for the breaker bar 

[Shackeng]

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.

[Broomies Mate]

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.

^^^^^^^^^  This is what I have done in the past. 

[Marie]

IS shocked   

you dont have a breaker bar  tut tut even i have a breaker bar 

[Muttly]

was best on the landrover tdi lumps, place bar on crank bolt, end of bar against chassis and flick started..

[Shackeng]

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

[Webby the Bear]

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 

[Marks DTM Calib]

The wrong tools and poor technique, tut tut

[Guinney1971]

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