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Old 08-05-2012, 08:25 PM
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Re: Crank Pulley Separated

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Originally Posted by Darren View Post
If you can't get the bolt undone get a long breaker bar with the socket on the crack bolt and wedge it horizontal across the driverside (I presume yours is left hand drive) in front of the battery and very quickly flick the starter (you can isolate the ignition if you want but I've never known or had an engine start doing it), it may take 2 or 3 goes to loosen it. There is a how too somewhere on here about locking out the transmission and torque setting for tightening up the bolt after and adjusting pulleys if your not sure.
I'm not very sure I want to try breaking it loose with the starter idea...is there no other solution to breaking that nut loose? Obviously the crankshaft is just rotating when I turn the nut.

I'll probably run out and grab some PB blaster and a strap wrench.
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