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Re: Crankshaft end bolt removal

To: "Hugh Fader" <hfader@usa.net>,
Subject: Re: Crankshaft end bolt removal
From: Jeff Johnson <mondolux@speakeasy.net>
Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2002 20:04:54 -0500
Please,
Lose the adjustable wrench for this project. The torque involved in 
removing these is much more than the design strength of an adjustable 
wrench. As Bill Pugh suggested, get a socket of the correct size and a 
breaker bar. Using the right tool on a job makes the difference between 
success and utter failure.
Imagine rounding the head on a bolt that big? EEEK!
( Not that I've ever done anything like that) :}

Jeff Johnson
'76 TR6

At 02:14 PM 2/9/02 -0500, Hugh Fader wrote:
>Well. I have another stuck bolt on my TR6: the crankshaft end bolt. I have
>two of the radiator bolts installed and am holding it from turning with a
>screwdriver between these. I have sprayed the bolt with Kroil and gave it a
>few whacks. Trying to turn it with a big adjustable wrench. This isn't a
>left-hand thread by chance is it? Next step I guess would be heat, but where
>to apply it? It looks like the threaded hole is behind the pulley.
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>Thanks,
>Hugh Fader
>72 TR6

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