[Vwdiesel] Crank gear installation

[Shawn Wright]

Good luck! All this talk make me wonder if I should re-check mine, 
although I already sealed up the pan. Mine's a 6 point though, so it's just 
137ft-lbs. I didn't use loctite, maybe I should have...

On 31 May 2005 at 19:31, mikitka <mikitka at earthlink.net> wrote:

> I received the crank gear today. Got it all installed. I can say this much. If
> you have the kind that I have with the 12 point bolt that thing is one tough
> torque. I did the initial torque per the Bentley, then tried to turn it the half
> turn with my air ratchet. Well it moved it about a 1/16 and stopped. This is an
> ingersoll-rand 1/2inch drive, suppose to be 600lbft torque air wrench.  Oh well,
> I didn't even bother to rig something up. I just dropped the oil pan and blocked
> the crank. Let me say this much, you better have a good 1/2inch breaker bar or
> bigger. I had it bowing big time and the bolt would move one click at a time.
> What I mean is, you know how the head bolts snap as you torque them, well that
> is what the crank bolt did. It would snap for every little bit of movement I
> could get on it until I got it turned a half turn more after the initial torque.
> I feel much better now. If that gear moves now it is because something really is
> wrong. I put blue loctite on it as well. I would rather error on the side of
> caution than to have it come loose again. So it is all back together and timed.
> I had to come in and watch my daughter while my wife took our other daughter
> over for dress rehersal in her dance class. I'm hoping to get it cranked
> tonight. Nick
> 
> 
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Shawn Wright
http://zuiko.sls.bc.ca/~swright
'85 Jetta D 
'88 Westy 2.1L, soon to be 1.6TD 5 speed
 (see progress at http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels)
'82 Diesel Westy