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Re: Stuck Crank Bolt. Synchronizers. Ugh!



In message <364A7F38.82DF26B1@one.net> "Theodore R. Harlan" writes:

> My (good) mechanic spent 4 hours today, with a 3/4" impact gun trying to
> remove the crank bolt on the sacred CQ.

If he was using an impact gun, I find it hard to consider him 'good'.

What was he going to do the bolt up with?  When we were at Coy's earlier
this year and had the car with some of the tools on the stand, a monkey
boy from a well-known Audi dealership came up to me and said they didn't
use a torque wrench on the crank bolt - they just put their 3/4" gun
on its top setting.  He didn't have any idea what torque that gave,
just that they didn't come undone!

Any 'good' mechanic will have a breaker that can deal with this.  He
needs a torque wrench that can deal with 332 lb ft, and most such will
adjust up to 500 lb ft or 750 lb ft for taking such bolts off.  An
impact gun is _NOT_ the right tool.

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 Phil Payne
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