Crankshaft Bolt

[GTAJET]

Ok well my headgasket blew and i decided to change it by myself :) and also TheSaint influenced me to try do it myself. I stripped apart everything and got all the way down to the crankshaft bolt in a couple of hours but after all my efforts im completly stuck, cant take it out no matter what i do :(.

Any ideas that'll help me take it out? i got no breaker bar btw.

[stndrd]

do you have a 1/2in rattle gun with over 750nm? otherwise impact bar with the pivoting socket attachment and a nice big dead blow hammer. otherwise good luck

[GTAJET]

I got no rattle gun but i tried my mates but it was too weak and i got no impact bar too :(

[Bludger]

What car, what engine?

[jdm18c]

i got a 900nm rattle gun but you need to transport car to me to use lol

[GTAJET]

Its a civic with a d15b and well i cant really transport the car right now cause the engines stripped apart lol

[Bludger]

You're not in luck.

Just brute force with breaker bar or big rattle gun.


If you had a car with an engine on the other side, you could just rest a bar against the ground and then crank the engine.

[trism]

why do you need to undo the crankshaft bolt for a heasgkast change?

[stndrd]

to replace timing belt and get into the water pump

[Riceboy]

You will need a breaker bar at the very least. Buy or borrow one.
Should be able to remove starter motor and jam flywheel.

Your bodyweight should be able to crack the bolt off.

[Bludger]

Your bodyweight should be able to crack the bolt off.
Depends if asian or not...

lol

[mocchi]

2m tall asian can.

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/240/e/b/laughing_meme_guy_by_vixenwolfie-d485kw0.png

[stndrd]

i would not recommend jamming the flywheel/flex plate as i have seen to many amateurs do this and snap teeth off the ring gear

[GTAJET]

Not an Asian lol I think I would have enough strength for a breaker bar but gotta find one. Heard about the flywheel way too but I don't wana mess with that cause I'm not the most experienced lol. Thanks for the ideas/help everyone :)

[Bludger]

$15 - $20 from auto shop will do the trick,


should :I

[grifty]

put the car in gear and get someone to press down on the brakes aswell, and then try to undo it?

[GTAJET]

Already tried the gear+brake way, didn't work :(

[Bludger]

man up and put more muscle in.

[rossirider]

Don't need to buy a breaker bar, just use a piece of pipe and slip it over the ratchet. If you don't have a piece of pipe, use the handle of the jack. It should fit over the ratchet handle.

[grifty]

by doing that you will definatley break the ratchet.

[mocchi]

Don't need to buy a breaker bar, just use a piece of pipe and slip it over the ratchet. If you don't have a piece of pipe, use the handle of the jack. It should fit over the ratchet handle.

bad advise yo. do this only with smaller size breaker bar. not with ratchets.