crankshaft pulley bolt

Does anyone know which way to turn one of these to get it loose? its on a 1.8 mitsu motor? thanks

On all of the 2 liter motors it turns the usual way, counterclockwise. I would expect the 1.8 to be the same. But its set to 80 foot pounds, and can be a bitch to get off. Its easiest to loosen it when the tranny and motor are still in the car, so you can put it in gear and use the tires to hold the motor. I've also put a breaker bar against the ground and bumped the starter to break it free, but try that one at your own risk ;) If the motor is on a stand, I stick a bar in the crank counter weights if the oil pan is off, its I dont want to remove it I put two flywheel bolts in the crank and put a bar between those. Etc.

Edit> For the sake of using proper terminology, the crank pulley is what drives the accessories, and is held on with 4 12mm bolts. The large center bolt holds on the crank sprocket.

you need a special clamp thing to pull the actuall pulley right?

lol u guys are all wrong it turns the same way as every other bolt exept u need one thing IMPACT GUN if u dont have one all i gotta say is GL its not gonna come off only way to take one off is with an impact

um you can insult my intelligence but gsxracer knows way more the you do about 4g63 and its sad that your little honduh witht the turbo setup cant beat our midly upgraded turbos gs-t or tsi dont matter , and sorry if im coming off wrong but it seemed like you were trying to be a smart ass

i took mine off without an impact. hell i pulled the whole engine without any air tools. damm that was a pain in the ass. i thuink i broke it loose with a 3/8 rachet with a 6 foot long pipe on the handle. that was back when i barely had any tools. fun times.

I have an Impact gun, and I have never used it for the crank sprocket bolt. I save it for the bolts that are actually hard to get off ;) And no one said it turns the other way, so I don't know who you are talking to when you say "u guys are all wrong." ;)