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Re: Removing flywheel bolts

To: John Middlesworth <jape@email.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Removing flywheel bolts
From: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 20:04:57 -0700 (PDT)
Mine came off with no problem with a socket, but you could try a high
quality (possibly 6- rather than 12-point) box end wrench and a hammer.

Ulix


On Tue, 17 Jun 1997, John Middlesworth wrote:

> I'm trying to get the flywheel off the back of my 18V engine and I haven't
> been able to move any of the bolts that hold it to the crank.  They're so
> short that I don't own a socket that can get a good grip on them.  Has
> this been anyone else's experience?  Any secrets to getting them loose? 
> Why do they seem to be soooo torqued down?  (Yes, I have bent back the
> lock plates.)
> 
> John Middlesworth
> 1972 MGB
> 

    Ulix                                                    __/__,__          
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