hey guys i just got a new rex it has 200,000+ miles on it so im going to do a rebuild with a small port. but i need to know what size that bolt is that holds the flyweal on. can anyone tell me that size? i dont have anything that big and dont want to have to buy a bunch of big a$$ tools and non of them fit.
thanks for all the help
billy

 

Without going home to look I believe its 52MM or a 2 1/8" socket will work

 

how sure are you with out going home to check? lol thanks man for the help. now i know about how big i will need.
oh by the way do you know of a easy way to hold the flyweel at the same time of takeing trying to break that nut loose? that would be help full.


thanks
billy

 

I have a bar made from a piece of 2 x 2 angle that is drilled to use 2 bolts on the flywheel and then it is drilled to allow 1 bolt throught the tranny mounting bolthole.

 

I must say taking the flywheel off was the hardest task of my rebuild (besides when I realized that I didn't have the clutch alighned perfect when I was trying to put the motor back in, that was a bitch). I broke 2 craftsman breaker bars (the biggest ones I could get my hands on) then I decided to use an impact wrench, spun that **** right off!

 

The flywheel has no bolts on it unless you're using an automatic trans counterweight.


-Ted

 

Ted - Now you're getting picky I think they're referring to that big-*** annoying one right in the center... how's that for putting all your eggs in one basket, mazda? any stories of that one bolt failing?

 

yes i see were i messed up and typed "bolt" and not "nut" sorry
but anyway thats one hell of a nut that i cant find any place that i can get a 52mm. i hall looked everywere nothign that big.
but im sure ill come up with something thanks for all the help.
oh and were is the best place to get a rebuild kit for the motor? i called the dealer and they said $450.
i said no thanks and hung up
lol

thanks for all the help
billy

 

Just wait till someone mixes up "*****" and "vagina" and see if you get picky yourself.


-Ted

 

LOL @ Ted!

 

Go to Sears and they sell the 2 and 1/18 inch. Also to set the record streight its 54mm not 52. But ya go to sears and pick that socket up. It costs like $22 but its worth it.

CJG

 

I stand before you, humbly corrected. Thanks

 

thanks guys for the help.


billy

 

RB sells both the stopper bar (which you could build yourself if you could) and the socket with a very long extension for the flywheel nut. I have an entire set that i use for that job. Along with Big Bertha the two handed impact wrench.