I have used an even poorer man's impact wrench on mine. A small hammer
tapped on the handle of either an open end or adjustable wrench. It worked
on mine.
Good luck.
Buz
'72 that runz guud now
"Harold M. Morton" wrote:
> Listers, There`s
> a trick I call the "poor man`s impact wrench." Use a breaker bar and
> socket, but instead of a steady "pull" on the handle, a sharp blow on it
> will often break loose a stubborn bolt. Perhaps one of you who is a
> physicist or engineer could explain this better, but basically the "at
> rest" inertia of the crank, rods, pistons. clutch, et al, make the bolt
> break loose with a sharp blow, where a steady pull just moves all those
> parts. More often than not, this trick works for me (and its about the
> only thing of any value I ever got from my ex brother-in-law.)
>
> Hal Morton Pascagoula,
> MS
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