I just bought a used MAC impact gun at a pawn shop that's spozed to develop 800 ft.lbs. of torque in the "reverse" mode, so removing enough shrouding back there should be able to get an impact gun in there and letter rip. Once the bolt is off, you're still only half way there as I've been told extricating the pulley is no fun either....I believe mine is leaking too, but need to get the substitute vehicle running before I tear apart the Vanagon. Good Luck DM&FS At 10:28 AM 1/16/2012, Jim Felder wrote: >This is for John Rogers, not me, thank goodness. He has a leaking rear >seal. I have removed this bolt with the crankshaft in a big vise, but not >in the car. Bentley calls for a special tool for obvious reasons. Has >anyone R&R this bolt without special tools or removing the engine? > >Thanks, > >Jim |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.