What size socket does it take to get the flywheel off? and where can you get it?

 

The socket size is 54mm or 2 1/8in. You can pick one up from any sears for abour $25 includign tax....its going to be a 3/4in drive though but its a lifetime tool so have fun. and remember to try and keep teh shaft from spinning while you remove the flywheel....an impact gun will help out immensely as the nut is torqued at 300ft/lbs, or it should be at least.

 

thanx man. thats what I thought but I wasn't sure. I've been having a hard time trying to find a 54mm and was wondering if I could use some thing like a 2 1/8 inch socket.

 

Yep. the 2 1/8 socket is the same as a 54...thank god. But good luck on the removal and install. Just remember, dont try and use teh bolt on the main pulleys as a stopper for the E-shaft....you will loosen it and may have to go in and readjust teh bearing and washers. an impact gun would be teh best route, though a ratchet and a big enough breaker bar may work as well.

 

how should I stop the E-shaft from moving so that I don't knock everything out of alignment?

 

Well what I did...and I hope I dont get flamed for it since it kinda worked...I jammed a flathead screwdrive(the bigger the better) into one of the balance holes. Then I set my socket and bar on teh nut and rested teh screwdriver agasitn the long bolt that holds the engine hoist bracket in place, i recommend putting somethign there to keep teh threads from beign damaged. Have someone hold the screwdriver as you try to break the nut loose. Thats what i did to one motor, the other i had to get out the air tools

 

You can wedge a big socket, like a 19mm deep well, between the flywheel and rear iron.

 

You can also take a prybar, put it in the teeth of the flywheel and wedge it against the frame. Even though you can do this, I only recommend as a last resort because of the potential of damage to the flywheel or yourself.

 

i have a huge motherfucking screwdriver that i use for this purpose...
what i do is, lodge it against the dowel pins and on the back balancing weight
and then also rest the tip on the tension bolts or something.

 

That's what me n my friend did to do the tranny swap. Cept we used a monkey wrench and a giant pipe as a pry bar.

 

You guys should really get familiar with this thing called an "impact gun".


-Ted

 

Using the right tool for the job?, what a concept

Flywheel locks work wonders also

 

LOLOLOL.... or buy the damn tool from racing beat/ Mazdatrix.....

Not just any impact gun will do it.

 

Impact gun............................a Craftsman breakover bar, a 3 1/8 socket, and a 20 dollar sledge hammer doing the impacting. Three impacts and your done.

 

i've used a cheap *** electric impact gun to get flywheel nuts off, as well as air, and after trying it by hand, theres no other way. But im just lazy like that.

 

OK - So,... Let's see. So far we have 52mm, 54mm, 2 1/8", and 3 1/8". This is for one (1) nut. Jeepers creepers. Can you imagine a new guy coming here for info on the flywheel nut, and he winds up in this thread? He'd end up cleaning out the local Sears tool department.

 

OK - it's 54mm = 2 1/8"

I use what I have laying around.
I lucked into a 2 3/16" with a 1" drive at Big Lots for $4.50.
It was a 6-flat (impact style) so the extra mm still fits well enough.
16" of scrap 2 x 1/4" bar stock, cut a 1" square hole to turn a short 1" square bar.
Turn the whole thing with a 5' of 3" pvc pipe.
& STAND on that SOB.

Oh - And a 3' piece of 2 x 2" angle iron drilled to bolt up to the clutch holes in the flywheel to keep it from turning.

 

The 3 1/8 was a slip of the finger. So? I have stock in Sears.