One trick you may try. Take a good socket that fits the bolt head and hit the socket solidly with a 3 Pound hammer (do not use an extension bar, hold it with channel locks or vice grips). This should break it loose and you can turn it with a breaker bar. Be sure you use a six point socket, an impact socket in good condition. Make sure the socket has good straight sides. Stan Wilder On Sun, 22 Jul 2001 14:08:01 -0400 Miguel Calvin <mcalvin@MAC.COM> writes: > Oh wise ones, > > I have now tried a breaker bar and a rented impact wrench, but I > still can't > get any of the five bolts off the flywheel. The impact wrench is > slowly > chewing up the heads and the breaker bar just laughs at me. > > The Bently says these bolts are torqued to 80 ft lbs but I don't > beleive it > anymore. > > Anyone have any final suggestions before I just sign over my > first-born to a > mechanic? > -- > Miguel ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. |
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