Don't know where to bitch about this so I'm throwing it in here. Just picked up a new impact gun. 800 ft/lbs of torque. Front pulley bolt wont budge. flywheel is locked in place too. This thing is an animal and it just wont come loose =[

gonna try to torch it tomorrow a few times and hit it again. got too late, didnt wanna **** off the neighbors... hopefully i wont have to take it to someone w/ a 1600ft/lb gun cuz i hate carrying around motors =]

 

Honestly what I would do is use a 6 point socket on the beefiest breaker bar you have with a 6 foot pipe on the end. Then just jump on it!

It will come loose with a huge KKEERRR----AAAACKKK!!!!

 

yeah only problem is how do you hold the motor in place while you do that? =]]

 

get it hot, put 6pt nut on, w/long wrench..and beat wrench w/a big hammer. I know it sounds hack, but it does the trick.

 

i beat the **** out of this bolt wtih a hammer... im torching tomorrow in the morning =]

 

dont forget the 6 foot bar bolted to the flywheel to keep the motor from turning
done lots of rebuilds and there has never been a front bolt that i couldnt remove.

matt

 

Try bigger gun...
If that don't work, heat the bitch up - releases the threadlocker.
Heat to cherry red and then knock it off with the big gun always works!

Nastiest one was J-spec 13B-REW from an FD.
Torch + 1" impact took it off.


-Ted

 

Depending on the brand of impact you have, a lot of them are way over rated. The IR titanium I have has 1000 ft-lb of breaking torque and I have not encountered a nut I can't remove yet. If you think the e-shaft bolt is tough wait till you have to remove the flywheel nut.

 

That's the 4 lb weight unit, isn't it? I sold that gun, I found it underpowered for its rating.

 

flywheel nut came off easy.

 

so i broke a 3" 1/2" drive extension clean in half just now trying to get this off.

 

finally got it.. oxygen torches rule... woohoo

 

casualties of war:

19mm lug remover
19mm long impact socket
3" 1/2" Drive extension

i have however aquired a lot of air tools and heavy duty impact guns trying to get this off tho =]

 

You really should only be using short 6-point sockets for this kinda duty!

Long sockets, even though impact, scares me!


-Ted

 

long socket is only way to get to the base of the bolt.

 

you need one guy to sit on it while you crank it with a huge breaker after heating. Sometimes you need like three people to get this done.

 

its already out, see my last post at the end of page 1 =]

 

Oh SNAP.
Glad ya got it off.