[s-cars] urS6 Crank Tool, you can use the 5K tool!

[Theodore Chen]

that's pretty simple.  i have 2" square tubing and angle
iron lying around from when i built a rear suspension for my
mustang.

i can't tell from the picture, though - what is the
tool holding onto on the harmonic balancer?  does the
balancer have a raised square portion that the 2" square
tube holds on to?

-teddy

--- Gabriel Caldwell <gabriel at ts.bc.ca> wrote:

> The tool I have is a copy of the 5k tool and I used it just fine on my
> S4.  Click the link to learn how to make your own crank tool.
> 
> http://forums.audiworld.com/s4s6/msgs/35140.phtml
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of David Toppin
> Sent: January 11, 2006 7:50 PM
> To: Sean Douglas
> Cc: S Car List
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] urS6 Crank Tool, you can use the 5K tool!
> 
> Well, I'm not sure what you mean by snub mount, but I took my crank bolt
> out
> using it, and it was tight!  Why would they make that tool hold the
> crank
> 180 degrees out?  Helps them sell valves maybe?
> 
> I just cranked it around til the end of the tool rested on the cross
> tube.
> Has to use a johnson bar to help my puny little 1/2" drive Snap On
> breaker
> bar, which I thought was going to break itself, to get it loose.
> 
> David Toppin
> dave at pelletizer.com
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> 
> The Pelletizer Group, Inc.
> 4 LaChance Street
> Gardner, MA 01440-2476
> 
> (978) 669-0060
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> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean Douglas [mailto:quattro20v at telus.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 10:41 PM
> To: dave at pelletizer.com
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] urS6 Crank Tool
> 
> 
> Actually, the official tool (3256) doesn't hold piston #1 at TDC either,
> its 180 degrees out. Did you actually confirm that the 5K tool works? It
> has a little slot in it that engages the snub mount right?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Sean
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Toppin [mailto:dave at pelletizer.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 7:07 PM
> > To: Sean Douglas
> > Subject: RE: [s-cars] urS6 Crank Tool
> >
> >
> > FYI on that one, you can use the 5K tool, but it doesn't hold
> > the crank at TDC
> >
> > David Toppin
> > dave at pelletizer.com
> > www.pelletizer.com  <------  see our complete, searchable inventory.
> >
> > The Pelletizer Group, Inc.
> > 4 LaChance Street
> > Gardner, MA 01440-2476
> >
> > (978) 669-0060
> > (978) 669-0061 fax
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sean Douglas [mailto:quattro20v at telus.net]
> > Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 9:50 PM
> > To: dave at pelletizer.com
> > Subject: RE: [s-cars] urS6 Crank Tool
> >
> >
> > There is a place called zdmak tools that carries it, $145, if
> > I remember. I don't think the 5K one will work. You can also
> > rent the tools from Force 5 (Chris Semple). http://www.force5auto.com/
> >
> > Sean Douglas
> > 1997 S6
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> > > [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of David Toppin
> > > Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 5:15 PM
> > > To: 'S- Car List'
> > > Subject: [s-cars] urS6 Crank Tool
> > >
> > >
> > > Anyone have any idea where the best place is to get one?  I do have
> > > one for a 5K, can it be made to work?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > David Toppin
> > > dave at pelletizer.com
> > > www.pelletizer.com <http://www.pelletizer.com/>   <see our complete,
> > > searchable inventory
> > >
> > > The Pelletizer Group, Inc.
> > > 4 LaChance Street
> > > Gardner, MA 01440-2476
> > >
> > > (978) 669-0060
> > > (978) 669-0061 fax
> > >
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