Remove crank bolt - engine is free standing on garage floor ??

**TheSaint** · 23-07-2011 01:50 PM

we battled with a D16y1/D16z6 crank bolt for like an hour yesterday with the block on the garage floor - 3 guys standing on it and me trying to get it with a breaker bar and impact wrench (air gun)

any ideas on how to get it off?

ima bout to resort to using a blow torch lol

ps - i dont car if the bolt, pully or block gets damaged - i just want to get the crank and pistons out

we were considering making a small ramp and driving my 4x4 front wheel up onto it to hold it down lol

**owens14** · 23-07-2011 02:23 PM

It's a bastard of a thing aye. My dad and I got mine of. On YouTube they show you how to. We sore one on their and it worked. All you need is a ratchet with big extension we put that through the rims on to the crank bolt place a block of timber on top put car into gear and got a massive steel pole. The ratchet handle goes up the pole and we literrally swung of it lol I'll send you the link

**owens14** · 23-07-2011 02:25 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CridrQKj3E

here ya go mate good luck hope it helps

**beeza** · 23-07-2011 03:09 PM

Yeah that's the one,I just saw it the other day somewhere and was like,Nice!

http://shop.ebay.com.au/items/_W0QQ_...sid=m270.l1313

**owens14** · 23-07-2011 03:19 PM

Yeah we tried rattle gun and every pain in the ass. The. Saw that and just swung of it and my dad 110kg and I'm 85 and haha

**TheSaint** · 23-07-2011 03:25 PM

yeah iv used that before while the engine is in the car ...

BUT

its just a block sitting on my shed floor - theres no weight anchoring it down

**owens14** · 23-07-2011 03:43 PM

Aww yeah sorry man forgot about that

**grifty** · 23-07-2011 03:53 PM

hmm try to anchor one of the flywheel bolts to a gear box mounting bolts by using a spanner.

ill try to find a pic for you.

Heres the pic (sorry spee for stealing your photo :P)

**TheSaint** · 23-07-2011 04:23 PM

engine isnt on a stand tho =/

**grifty** · 23-07-2011 04:53 PM

u didnt quiet understand, where the open end of the spanner is placed (this is wear one of the gearbox bolts go) put a gearbox bolt there and it will hold the spanner.

**TheSaint** · 23-07-2011 05:04 PM

ok so that will lock the crank ... which i have already done

but i need to stop the engine from rolling over when i put pressure on the breaker bar

iv tried all manner of heavy objects short of driving my 4x4 onto it

**munkaii** · 23-07-2011 05:53 PM

With the breaker bar, if you try and apply leverage slowly you'll tilt the motor. With a breaker bar, get a large hammer and give it a massive smack. May take a few times but what you want to is overcome the friction holding the bolt in tight. Once you get it turned a bit, you should then be able to rattle gun it out. Give that a go!