[Vwdiesel] Front seal changing !?$%#

[cass]

  i seem to have had luck with the car in gear,
  sometimes ,some one on the breaks..
  i put my 'one foot' breaker bar on,
  hold the socket firmly on the bolt.
   n hit the 
  end of the handle with a B.F.hammer
  not good on tools.
  but..it works ..
  (i have no air tools ;o/ )

  cassie

  <snip>
  > But first I tried to get the crank sprocket bolt
  > off, using a long bar on my 
  > rachet, along with a long extension so I could work
  > through the wheel 
  > arch. I ended up breaking the extension bar, and the
  > ratchet doesn't 
  > ratchet so well anymore (cheap Mastercraft junk, but
  > it lifetime 
  > warranty...) Then I borrowed an impact wrench and
  > tried that. No luck. 
  > Both of these procedures were done with the wife
  > holding the brakes on, 
  > in 1st gear, with t-belt still on and inj pump
  > sprocket locked.
  > I then jacked the car up high enough to tackle from
  > beneath with 1/2" 
  > drive bar, and ended up jumping teeth on the t-belt.
  > I finally gave up, 
  <snip>