Fetch and the Art of Car Maintenance

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Sam Jelfs Jan 2019 10:25am, 18 Jan 2019 159 posts	0 Sam Jelfs You're going to have fun getting that crank pulley nut off :D 1" drive socket and breaker bar, plus a 6' scaff bar may come in handy! Locking the engine might prove harder, I hope it's not an auto box. I thought the 250 ft-lb of VW hub nuts was bad enough, at least there you have nice easy access and can stop the hubs from spinning easily.
Maccatheknacca Jan 2019 10:29am, 18 Jan 2019 189 posts	0 Maccatheknacca I slip a scaffold pole over a breaker bar, hold it at a measured distance and stand on a set of scales to get the right torque ! Impressive shearing😁
Angus Clydesdale Jan 2019 10:30am, 18 Jan 2019 14,632 posts	0 Angus Clydesdale Auto box it is. Fun fun FUN! Colleague of MrsC is lending us a home-made tool that he used to lock it all up when he did the same job a couple of years ago. Fortunately she’s a mechanical engineer so works with some ingenious chaps. Hoping it’ll do the job.
Maccatheknacca Jan 2019 10:31am, 18 Jan 2019 190 posts	0 Maccatheknacca Great minds Sam ! ( or hours of frustration on old VWs)
Angus Clydesdale Jan 2019 10:35am, 18 Jan 2019 14,634 posts	0 Angus Clydesdale I’m properly impressed with the use of scales to estimate torque in your bodge-wrench
MazH Jan 2019 10:39am, 18 Jan 2019 10,086 posts	0 MazH * walks in * walks out again
Maccatheknacca Jan 2019 10:48am, 18 Jan 2019 191 posts	0 Maccatheknacca Long pole + lots of pies = one handed job😁
Sam Jelfs Jan 2019 10:54am, 18 Jan 2019 160 posts	0 Sam Jelfs Had to take the crank pulley off a subaru motor recently with auto box, suggested method was to use a decent socket on a breaker bar, wedge the bar up against the chassis rail and blip the starter motor. Worked a treat to get it off :D Otherwise it was a radiator out job to make enough space for the rattle gun, and sod that!
richmac Jan 2019 1:03pm, 18 Jan 2019 11,474 posts	0 richmac ^ That is a ballsey move
Northern Exile Jan 2019 1:15pm, 18 Jan 2019 4,887 posts	0 Northern Exile ^ Seconded!