Mark-
If the engine is still in the car with everything is hooked up & operating,
adapt an 11/8" impact socket to a 3/4" drive T handle (using a reducer). Put
the socket on the crank bolt so that it's just above the driver's side frame
rail. Disable the coil so the engine can't start & hit the starter. You may
have to slam the T handle against the frame a few times, but it will break it
loose & unscrew it.
Fred Hodgson
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Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 11:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Recalcentrant Bolt!!!
Before you round the thing out completely, get a good 1/2" six point
impact socket of the right size and use a 1/2" air impact wrench.
Soak the nut in penetrating oil, crank the gun to max, and have at
it. It might take a lot of cycles cycles, but it will come.
Bill Babcock
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On Mar 25, 2007, at 4:13 PM, Tim Murphy wrote:
> If you have access to "Kroil" try soaking it in that or spray on
> and let sit
> overninght. Somethimes the stuff is truly miraculous. It is an
> industrial
> penetrating oil. A nearby shop may have some you can use.
>
> Tim
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Eginton" <mee23@cornell.edu<mailto:mee23@cornell.edu>>
> To: <fot@autox.team.net<mailto:fot@autox.team.net>>
> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 5:33 PM
> Subject: [Fot] Recalcentrant Bolt!!!
>
>
>> I hate being beaten by equipment but here I am having tried
>> everything
>> short
>> of a cutting torch to break lose that @$%*ing crank bolt where
>> behind the
>> fan
>> on an old TR2 engine. Tried pneumatic and hammer impacts, sweet
>> talking
>> and
>> big mallets having laid waste to one wrench and one socket (gotta
>> love
>> craftsman replacement policy) and now I have moved on to fermented
>> beverage
>> before I indulge in a monster frustration tantrum guaranteed for
>> short
>> term
>> satiation and long term expensive grief.
>>
>> Help!!!
>>
>> M
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