help ,crank pulley bolt removal ? (gtr32)

[collard007]

how do you remove the crank pulley bolt if an air gun powerful

enought does not fit between the pulley and the air condition

radiator.

[speedfreak]

I had to take the front bumper,headlamps and condensor all out to get my gun in.

[entelijint]

*cough* breaker bar

[CanadianGTR]

There's definately no replacement for leverage.... definately go with a breaker bar.

[Neal]

careful though... while useing a the bar i actually "bent" my crank pulley bolt and ahd to order a new one... just a heads up to take it easy when using leverage...

[WRick]

don't know if this can help ya out, but subaru's are built longitudinal, just like our skylines.

To remove said bolt, I would use a breaker bar, put car in neutral, set bar on floor ( real tight ), and crack it once. Instantaneous results. The inertia just looses it.

Please, do this at your own risk.

Rick

[collard007]

solution

i had to remove the front bumper condenser radiator

and i had to use a 500 pound impact air tool to unjam it


what a job!!!!!!!!

[ARC240]

Hey guys, sorry to bring back an old thread, but be glad I used the search field and didn't start a new thread ! I have an RB20DET and I'm trying to remove the crank pulley (need to do a timing belt & tensioner pulley on my car and I decided to replace the water pump while I'm at it). I do not have access to an impact gun and I'm not exactly sure what I can do to remove this. The one thing I know is that this thing is stuuuuuuuck, and it's in there pretty good. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated! Thanks! :-D

[333]

crank bolt rmoval

Easiest way to do it is to place a breaker bar on the passenger side of the car against the frame, you have to unbolt a bracket that attaches to the frame at the same spot that the breaker bar will rest on, I think it's a 10mm bolt.
THEN DISCONNECT THE CAS, by unplugging it.
Get into the car and turn the on and off quickly Engine has to crank.
Presto crank bolt is undone.
Make sure that the breaker bar is snug against the frame.
Oh and also make sure the car is in neutral before you turn the key.
When you tighten the crank bolt on, dip it in oil and torque it to 360 ft/lbs.
Cheers.

[ARC240]

Easiest way to do it is to place a breaker bar on the passenger side of the car against the frame, you have to unbolt a bracket that attaches to the frame at the same spot that the breaker bar will rest on, I think it's a 10mm bolt.
THEN DISCONNECT THE CAS, by unplugging it.
Get into the car and turn the on and off quickly Engine has to crank.
Presto crank bolt is undone.
Make sure that the breaker bar is snug against the frame.
Oh and also make sure the car is in neutral before you turn the key.
When you tighten the crank bolt on, dip it in oil and torque it to 360 ft/lbs.
Cheers.

^ That seems like a guaranteed removal method, though I'm a little scared to try it. Any other suggestions? At aproximately 12:00PM, I will attempt, once again, to remove this stubborn:hit_head: crank bolt. This time, I'm hoping for the best....any more suggestions are greatly appreciated, thanks guys 8-)!

[ARC240]

Ok guys, finally, I got around using the "crank engine & breaker bar" method. It was really the thing I wanted to do least, but after wailing on the stupid crank bolt for 3 hours with an impact gun, the thing still refused to budge. So I resorted to the "crank engine & breaker bar" method, no joke, within 2 start pulses, i heard the long ratchet (with the bar slipped over the handle for leverage) fall off the crank bolt. I got out of the car, and reached for the bolt and to no avail, it was able to be spun out of it's thread with a finger. So what? I only wasted 3 hours of my life for nothing :hit_head: . Thanks so much for the help guys, I really, really, really appreciate it!!! But I have 1 more question, to get the crank pulley of do I absolutely NEED a puller? Or can I substitute it with something else?

[rickskylinebnr32gtrjp]

When using the "breaker bar" only method, if you use a 4~5 ft pipe for extended leverage on the breaker bar, that works too.

[rickskylinebnr32gtrjp]

But I have 1 more question, to get the crank pulley of do I absolutely NEED a puller? Or can I substitute it with something else?

Use a puller...but be careful. My crank pulley broke when pulled off once.

I am now using an ATI so I don't think I will ever have that problem again.

[ARC240]

Hey dude, what's an ATI? I'm really scared to pull off the pulley now, especially when I heard the word "broke", I just got the puller, I'm gonna attemp it either tonight or tomorrow morning.

[mcfly]

i use a 3/4 inch tq wrench then it 4 feet long. works like a charm every time.


if you are using a 3 arm puller and have to reuse the oem dampener pully be very careful you don't rip the rubber as the pully is two piece.

if you can use a steering wheel puller with the highest grade m8x1.25 bolts you can find. the last pully i removed had a bolt broken off in it.