Freakin' crank pulley

[ozzfreak]

I tell you what, it took me about 4 hours to get this sucker off about 3 years ago, and now, I am having the same problems. I'm just frustrated and venting, I am going to a friends to use an impact on saturday, it's so annoying.

[bambam89lx]

Originally Posted by ozzfreak

I tell you what, it took me about 4 hours to get this sucker off about 3 years ago, and now, I am having the same problems. I'm just frustrated and venting, I am going to a friends to use an impact on saturday, it's so annoying.

Is the motor in or out of the car?

[thefooshmeister]

i removed two yesterday..helpful hint, grab a blow torch and toast the bolt for about 10-15 sec, just to warm it up. then we just used a torque rod and it came right out. but they were both out of the car so idk what your situation could be.

[TheSilentChamber]

Just use a considerable length of pipe over a breaker bar. I dont see why people allways have so much trouble with these.

[ozzfreak]

It's in the car, I was using a breaker bar, but busted a 1/2 inch 17 mm socket trying to get it out. I'm going to my bosses tomorrow to use his impact he bought today, it's a 525 lb one, so it should do it no problem. I think the reason people have problems is because it's near impossible to keep the motor from turning over, eventually I can do it, but when I do do it, I always end up breaking a socket. Do yall think if i was to put on some anti seize stuff, it would stop this from happening again, or would that not be a good idea?

[FuLL BLown STD]

ahh never had any probs breaking lose crank pulley bolts..prolly cause my foremarm is the size of most guys thighs!! rawr

[thefooshmeister]

impact will take it right out..just heat it up a little like i said earlier so you dont snap the bolt if its seized

[ozzfreak]

I got it off with the impact. Word of advice for anyone having problems, don't use any extensions with the impact, it seems that it wasn't as powerful until I took off the extensions. Once they were off, it spun right off.

[bambam89lx]

Originally Posted by ozzfreak

I got it off with the impact. Word of advice for anyone having problems, don't use any extensions with the impact, it seems that it wasn't as powerful until I took off the extensions. Once they were off, it spun right off.

Correct. You lose torque when using extensions...same thing applys to everything else in life.

[cybercrx00]

yep, bought a very expensive impact a few year back when I was having some trouble on one, never again, and I've whored it out to friends to help them too. When I bought it, I had tried 2 cheap impacts and two electrics.

[FuLL BLown STD]

Originally Posted by cybercrx00

yep, bought a very expensive impact a few year back when I was having some trouble on one, never again, and I've whored it out to friends to help them too. When I bought it, I had tried 2 cheap impacts and two electrics.

wow a true oldhead to the forum 2001..how u like ur SRT-ACR? i got 2 buddies wit ACR's identical color as urs..ive become quite fond of the SRT after driving in my buddies stg2 with tokico shocks and tein springs.. guess Nopar isnt that bad after all.. no problem taking RS Evo's and STI's in 3rd gear..they get that half block launch on u and u catch up almost by the end of 2nd and hit neck to neck by 3rd..im a fan. =) too bad we werent this advanced with Honda in the late 80's early 90's

[cybercrx00]

mines pretty much stock, I have springs (the ACR comes with adjustible struts), strut tower braces and some new wheels so I can have r-compounds on my stock BBS's. Actually, if I remember right, I came here when purehonda shut down, or something, it was a long time ago, but I post rather in frequently, I'm on a lot of boards. I was recently banned by some littlecock E-thug on honda-tech, so I decided to start putting more time over here.

[viper-blue]

Originally Posted by TheSilentChamber

Just use a considerable length of pipe over a breaker bar. I dont see why people allways have so much trouble with these.

Its a mystery to me to. Jam a srewdriver in the flywheel and get out the extension and breaker bar. People always complain about that bolt.