Removing harmonic balancer.

[fonzo]

Tried a 1/2 inch rattle gun. on a 100l 5hp air compressor....FAIL. Tried to use a breaker bar Fail. bend my sidchrome breaker bar when i cranked the engine. its that tight....any ideas?

 

[The1]

you'd be outta luck if those two dont work, i have heard of people using an oxy to heat up the bolt a little then give it a whirl.

 

[nstone63]

I had to keep going with mine by using the breaker bar and cranking the engine.. maybe just keep alternating those two methods? try and gradually work it loose

 

[fonzo]

Ok so its deffently a bastard of a thing to remove. and i havnt got something outta the ordanary

 

[fonzo]

if i heat that bolt am i gunna wreck ****?

 

[The1]

i havn't done it myself, but im guessing the idea of it was to heat it up enough that any greases would start to let go which wouldn't be very hot, would only take a second or two from an oxy

 

[matty m]

try put a meter of pipe on the breaker bar

 

[fonzo]

tried it all

 

[D3V14NT]

I jammed a metal plate in between the flywheel and the starter motor opening. Then preceeded to place a breaker bar on the bolt with a bit of pipe on the end and belted it with a hammer. Cracked it after a few spirited hits.

 

[Pub247]

Itry the above method if using engine and breaker bar dont work i usually let the breaker gain some momentum before it hits the chassis as you want that crack to happen

Heating the bolt aint ever going to work heat expands metal go buy some loctite freeze and release then retry the above method or engine cranking method garuntee itll work