I have a 85 RX7 Carb manual and I am wondering if anyone knows which way the nut turns to loosen? Is it a reverse thread?

 

Same as any other bolt/nut on the car. Righty tighty Lefty Loosey.

 

get yourself a flywheel stopper and make life eaiser. the nut size if you dont already know is a 54mm or 2 1/8. 3/4 drive is your best solution. post back if you need help or advice.

 

Thanks, i got the socket and a 3/4" 18" breaker bar, but cant budge it. I'll have to get a bigger air compressor and air gun. Thanks for the help.

 

I used a 1/2" impact, but I took the air pressure up as high as it could go. Also, I had to let the gun hammer on it for about 20 seconds before it would move.

 

i used a breaker bar to do mine but i also used a cheater bar, all in all it was about 3 ft long!

 

Spray some pb blaster, or other penetrating oil on there before hand, will help it come loose. My 1/2" impact gun took it right off. I also have the large wrench that mazdatrix sells; bought it just in case the gun didn't do it

 

breaker bar i think it far more superior than an impact wrench, I bought a 3 foot one and I tell you there's not a bolt that it couldn't take out with very minimal effort as for the the impact wrench I had, well that just went back to the store, too many bad outcome of it. I would rather "feel" the bolt see if its going to break or not.

 

I used my little electric impact to remove mine, and the front pulley bolt on one occasion. breaker bars are a pita unless you have the flywheel locked.

 

If you have a high end compressor and a excellent impact gun you would say differently. The hammering effect of a impact gun is a life saver with some bolts.

But like I said if you get cheaper tools you will be let down... The 1/2" impact gun I use (snap-on Xt-7100) has 700 ft/lbs of torque and it gets most automotive jobs done with ease.

 

Man.... just some advice... from past experience... Make sure you are using a good quality socket.... I was at the track one weekend and needed to change clutch/flywheel.... and I used a cheap *** socket from like autozone or something... I have a perminant scar on my hand from where the socket literlly broke... Just make sure your using good tools. Typically I use snap-on but that weekend it was all I had...

 

i use a 400ft/lbs 1/2" and it dose it easey
i used a alternator bracket a long transmision bolt and a pressure plate bolt drilled the bracket lined it up with the flywheel and one tranny mount on the motor torqued them down wola iv used it 5 times never failed me
cost me mehh few brain cells