the proper way to pull an engine?
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the proper way to pull an engine?
Guys,
I got the engine in my '87 NA ready to pull, and then I created a problem for myself- the rear engine lifting hook is attached to the rotor housing by a long bolt which also attaches the rotor housing to the bell housing on the gear box. I decided that I would remove this bolt, and replace it temporarly with one just long enough to hold the lift hook to the rotor housing. In the back of my mind it occured that I should probably support the transmission with a jack, just to keep any extra stress off the bolt I was working on. Of course, I dismissed this as being unnecessary, and of course, I just about had the bolt out when I sheared it off.
What should I have done differently, and what do I now do to remove the bolt?
Jeff
I got the engine in my '87 NA ready to pull, and then I created a problem for myself- the rear engine lifting hook is attached to the rotor housing by a long bolt which also attaches the rotor housing to the bell housing on the gear box. I decided that I would remove this bolt, and replace it temporarly with one just long enough to hold the lift hook to the rotor housing. In the back of my mind it occured that I should probably support the transmission with a jack, just to keep any extra stress off the bolt I was working on. Of course, I dismissed this as being unnecessary, and of course, I just about had the bolt out when I sheared it off.
What should I have done differently, and what do I now do to remove the bolt?
Jeff
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Re: the proper way to pull an engine?
Originally posted by jeff w
Guys,
I got the engine in my '87 NA ready to pull, and then I created a problem for myself- the rear engine lifting hook is attached to the rotor housing by a long bolt which also attaches the rotor housing to the bell housing on the gear box. I decided that I would remove this bolt, and replace it temporarly with one just long enough to hold the lift hook to the rotor housing. In the back of my mind it occured that I should probably support the transmission with a jack, just to keep any extra stress off the bolt I was working on. Of course, I dismissed this as being unnecessary, and of course, I just about had the bolt out when I sheared it off.
What should I have done differently, and what do I now do to remove the bolt?
Jeff
Guys,
I got the engine in my '87 NA ready to pull, and then I created a problem for myself- the rear engine lifting hook is attached to the rotor housing by a long bolt which also attaches the rotor housing to the bell housing on the gear box. I decided that I would remove this bolt, and replace it temporarly with one just long enough to hold the lift hook to the rotor housing. In the back of my mind it occured that I should probably support the transmission with a jack, just to keep any extra stress off the bolt I was working on. Of course, I dismissed this as being unnecessary, and of course, I just about had the bolt out when I sheared it off.
What should I have done differently, and what do I now do to remove the bolt?
Jeff
If the bolt faces the same way as all the other bellhousing bolts, it is incorrectly installed.
Note: this bolt should hold on the stock engine lift point, and there is never any need to remove this bolt.
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