Re: Timing Belt change/ tool loan?

[charlie@elektro.cmhnet.org (Charlie Smith)]

Earlier, Colin Barfoot wrote:

> Does any one on the list in Canada have a tool they would be willing to loan?
> Or a place in Canada to rent one?... otherwise I'm not sure about customs from
> the US?
> 
> My mechanic couldn't loosen the harmonic isolator bolt even with the breaker 
> bar against the floor and starter crank trick.  He also tried withhis partne 
> in the car full on the brakes.

You can build a holding tool pretty easy.  I welded a 1" long piece of large
pipe to a piece of 1/4" x 3" x 12" metal, then cut a hole in the strap
corresponding to the inside of the pipe (so you can get a socket through it)
then weld a lump on the outside of the pipe so it won't turn in the pulley.
If done right, this can be inserted into the pulley - and as the engine
is rotated with the socket on the pulley-nut, the end of the tool will
come against something and prevent further rotation.  Then, put a lot
of pressure on the socket on the pulley-bolt - takes about a 3' bar which
is kind of a problem unless the nose of the car is WAY up in the air.

    - Charlie



Charlie Smith   charlie@elektro.cmhnet.org  614-471-1418  
Columbus, Ohio USA


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