good luck with that bolt

Clearly I'm going to need it.

Thanks.

Alright guys. I bought a 17 inch breaker bar and a deep welled 1/2 inch 19mm socket. I can not budge this damn bolt. Should I try tapping on it with a hammer before breaking it??? I'm running out of options. I'll have my head tomorrow and I need to get this bitch broken so I can replace my timing belt AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAArgh.

Put a pipe on the end of the 17in breaker bar. A nice 3 footer will do the trick.

Glad to hear you stopped the crank from moving.

I just knew I was going to pop this thing like a zit last night. I tried extending it. Either the pry bar slips and jacks up my flywheel or it sticks and I just can't pop it. Hello I'm not a weak dude either.

Are you yourself holding the prybar AND trying to break it loose? Or do you have a helper?

Have a helper hold the prybar, get a long ass pipe and you should be straight.

Never said you were weak.

The problem is the prybar. I have a helper and we have swapped. If I lift up to pop it. The engine shifts and lifts. Pushing down it just rocks, But won't give.

I need something more narrow that what I have I guess as a pry bar. I found an even longer extention for the breaker bar today. It adds another foot onto the 17 inches. I just have to get a more effective prybar before I need a flywheel too.

You can use a heavy duty flathead screwdriver instead. All you have to do is position the tip inbetween two teeth and then as you turn the crank with the breaker bar just let the flathead/prybar hit the bellhousing. I hope you aren't trying to stop the flywheel with the prybar just with your hands. You don't have to use any force on the flywheel directly, just keep the prybar/flathead positioned on the bellhousing and let it do all the work. I actually used a crowbar to stop my flywheel. Just use something that will fit inbetween the teeth and is heavy duty enough to not bend when it hits the bellhousing. Its kind of like taking the starter bolts and nuts out, you put a wrench on the nut and spin the bolt until the wrench hits something like the firewall and that keeps it from spinning. I hope you understand what I'm talking about. Good luck.

I appreciate your' taking the time to break it dowm mr. potator head style.

I'm almost ashamed that you would think that I haven't gotten far enough in this, that you think that. Definitley letting the prybar do it's thing while being held right there while I tighten it into the bell housing and then I put the breaker bar on it and come close to popping motor mounts I think.

I damn near bought a 18 buck screw driver that I could have used in the shawshank redemption.

Side note: Have you seen this new stanley tool called the FUBAR. Go to lowes and check it out.

LMAO @ the mr.potato head style comment.

Sorry, I'm not doubting your mechanical ability.......wait, I guess I am :)

No, but seriously, are you SURE you are trying to loosen it and not tighten it? Seriously. Hey I have to cover all the bases here.

You should not be moving the entire motor.

Here's the deal, its not about strength when getting a bolt off its about LEVERAGE. You said you used a 1 foot pipe to extend the breaker bar? That is your problem, all of your effort is going into moving the motor on its mounts. Go get a 3ft, better yet a 4ft small diameter steel pipe just big enough to slide over the handle of the breaker bar. If you get one long enough, your little sister will be able to break it loose. Its about leverage not strength.