I tried using my alternator braket to keep the flywheel from turning by using 1 bolt to the flywheel and 1 longer bolt to one of the bolt holes the tranny. The longer bolt bent...

So whats in the picture is a bike lock cable looped around one of the clutch bolts sticking out of the flyweel, then looped around the front of the engine. Worked awesome...

But now the engine rolled when i put weight on the flywheel nut. Soo step 2... remove the neck around the thermostat, and pull the thermostat, put a breaker bar down the hole.

For leverage I used the two pipes from my squat rack and as pictured we both pushed down and pop goes the nasty nut in 10 secs. No damage to the inside of the thermostat housing either.

 

You guys are nuts working on a motor with no shoes!!!! lol

 

The best way to remove a flywheel is with an impact wrench,then a BFH,and hit the outermost edge of the flywheel,and it will rock to that side,and pop off.Always leave the nut in place though,but not tight,so it doesn't fall off,and hurt someone.Mainly mister no shoes.

Chris

 

oh oh oh i know buy a flywheel stopper from mazdatrix

 

You were on the right track. That's why we have the archives and search features. Oh well atleast it was worth some laughs,lol.

Try this. http://www.rx7club/showthread.php?t=554738

 

you can use a vw flywheel stopper also from any aircooled vw shop. usually around $12. I used the vdub one on my 12a. then two big screwdrivers behind the flywheel will pop it off.

 

i had to use an 1100ftlb impact wrench to get the one off of my 74 12a

one like this, only a few years older. its good to know peole who work at big shops im going to get one of those when i get some money and start buying tools.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/New-N...QQcmdZViewItem

 

just to let you know, buying the baddest impact on the planet before buying a quality compressor with enough CFM will do you nothing. If i were you, i would invest in a nice standup compressor, then buy a CP or IR impact. I dunno about this nitrocat business, but anything in my book marketed on ebay with flames is for noobs......

 

http://thetoolwarehouse.net/shop/TTW269.html check it out

Ingersoll-Rand 2135TI would be the last impact you will ever buy

 

you guys are definatly crazy not wearing shoes while working on an engine. if you dont have the cash to buy an air compressor and an impact, snap on sells an electric impact. works great, i own one. zipped the flywheel off of my camry 3VZ last night wit it. next time, try one , lol!

 

the one i used didnt have flames, it was an industrial impact wrench, and my air compressor powered it just fine. took abot 4 seconds to get it off. its probably just a rubber thing to protect the front rest. the nitrocat is made by aircat, which is up there in tool quality.

http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/w...4929_200314929

kinda like that.

 

You should not be using anything but the flywheel to react the troque. I welded a piece of steel strap to a 5 foot pipe, trimmmed it to clear the nut and drilled a few holes for the clutch bolts. Bolt that to the flywheel and then you can react the torque easily. I saw a guy break off a mounting lug from the rear cast iron trying to react the load that way.

As for being barefoot, these guys obviously don't understand simple basic physics, what do you expect. Working on cars is a learning experience!

 

Nice insult... everyone else keeps things light, but there's always one in the bunch... Hope it made you feel better.

 

A cold chisel (grinded off tip) and hammer is what I use in the JUNKYARD.