Brian Harper wrote:
>
> I've been having a difficult time with the nut holding the pulley on
>the
> front of my '78 Spit. I tried wrenching it, but ultimately the clutch
> slipped and it wouldn't come off. I tried air impacting it for full minute
> with no luck. A suggestion from the list (sorry, I don't remember who) was
> to heat it three times and try again.
> Today I heated it three times letting it cool inbetween for a minute
>and
> shooting it very liberablly with WD-40. I took my chain vise grips and
> locked on to the pulley and wrenched the crank until the vise grips hit the
> frame rail. I took my 2 1/2 foot breaker bar and put all my weight into it.
> I could see the breaker bar bend, but no luck. I got a 3 1/2 foot piece of
> water pipe and slipped it over the end of the breaker bar. I put my full
> weight into it and after a few bounces WHACK! I fell backwards into the
> rose bushes. Extracting myself, I found the nut finally free!
> The old seal looks pretty good, but is a little bit less resilient
>than
> the new one. The seal surface on the pulley has a slight groove and some
> very small pits in the area of the groove. I think that replacing the seal
> alone will not stop the oil flow out the front. Can I just polish out the
> pits or do I finally get to try the Reddi-Seal or whatever the sleeves are
> called? Or is this OK and the new seal will take care of it?
>
> Brian Harper
> 1978 Spitoil
Brian, just a word of advice, do not ever use WD-40 around fire/heat,
this stuff is almost as explosive as gasoline. I have a neighbor with
2nd. degree burns over half of his body from WD-40 & heat, It EXPLODED
on him under his car. Please be carefull all of you with these products.
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