[SEL] OT- But mechanic tip

Curt curt at imc-group.com
Mon May 22 07:26:43 PDT 2006


Hey Mike, how did you assure you got it equally tight on reassembly?
I have to remove the harmonic balancer on the Volvo everytime I change 
the timing belt and am darned lucky that the impact wrench just fits in 
the space between the back of the radiator and the balancer!
Curt Holland
Gastonia, NC
P.S. SIAM's just around the corner. How's the sawrig coming along?

Michael Tucker wrote:

> Howdy all,
>
> This is not stationary engine related but it's a mechanics tip that 
> saved the day for me on Saturday so I thought I would pass it on so 
> y'all can put it into your bag of tricks.  This weekend Lincoln, Roger 
> (my father-in-law) and I set out to replace the harmonic balancer (aka 
> crankshaft pulley) on my Toyota pickup.  Well, try as we did we were 
> unable to keep the pulley from turning to break the bolt free that 
> held the pulley on.  We tried blocking the tires, holding the break 
> and using the drive train to keep it still, getting pry bars in behind 
> the pullley, etc. etc. and nothing seemed to work. So, we set off to 
> Ace Hardware to get a chain wrench (like the ones that plumbers use) 
> to hopefully be able to hold the pulley in place to break the bolt 
> loose.  Ace didn't have one but the helper sent us to another place 
> that might.  That place didn't have one either but a genuine shade 
> tree mechanic looking fellow said to solidly brace the wrench up 
> against the frame and then bump the starter to break the bolt free.  
> We crinkled our brows, asked a few more questions and then proceeded 
> on to the local mechanic that they said may be able to help us out.  
> Well, the local mechanic gave us the same advice about using the 
> starter.  So with two independent mechanic types giving us the same 
> advice we set off to try it out.  With a 6-point half-inch drive 
> socket attached to a break-over wrench in a cheater pipe firmly in 
> place up against the frame, I bumped the starter and in a split second 
> the bolt was loose and we were home free!  Life was good, pass the 
> shim stock!
>
> See ya',
> Mike
>
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