that was a low blow man lol

 

I've never has a torrington bearing fall down....EVER. And it's simple to check if it did/did not fall down. The FSM gives a distance measurement from the end of the eccentric shaft to the front of the pulley boss. See page 1-67 of the free, online 86-88 FSM.

You simply get a long breaker bar with socket. Put it on the bolt and lay the breaker bar against the structure. Car out of gear. Turn the key just for a moment and let go. The starter acts like a impact wrench but you don't have to pay a cent for it.

If the engine is out of the car you lock the flywheel down. Use a long breaker bar with socket after heating up the hub bolt with a propane torch. Rap the breaker bar with a twenty lb slege hammer. Not a wind up and slam. Just hit the breakover and it'll break loose the bolt. Hammer acts like.....a impact wrench. Cheap.

 

Well, your experience is not necessarily indicative of what the majority can expect.

If this guy can drop a bearing while building an engine out of the car, then it's just that much easier for it to happen when doing the job with the engine IN the car.

https://www.rx7club.com/2nd-generation-specific-1986-1992-17/wtf-happened-heat-scoring-max-692070/

 

well i got it off finally with an impact gun and some MAPP torch... now i cant get the damn AC and PS pulleys off the side of it hahah.. theyre a bitch. its one thing after another man i tell ya.

 

wow, happy i came across this thread. We struggled with this same issue for about an hour. Torched it, cheater bar, impact... everything. Tried to use the starter trick and it came off easy as pie, layed the breaker bar on the ground and put it in neutral and just gave it a split second jolt and it came right off. The is the easiest and one of the most usefull trick i've heard of in a long time!