Broke H Balancer pulling it....
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Last time I did this its cause I didn't know you put the bolt in half way and pressed of it(I thought the crankshaft stuck out all the way and you pushed off that). This time I just went to pull it off normally with the bolt halfway on, and it(tightly) started cranking once or twice. Well seeing as its dark and raining I must have been pushing on the socket wrong with my holding arm. I broke off one of the parts where the claw grabs. Now last time I cut the arms off most of the way and used those to put the claws on, but I had to jam the crankshaft to stop it from turning. Since the engine is in the car now I'd rather not have to pull the oil pan but seems its the only way to stop it from turning. I will heat it up if my friend has a butane torch but I've pulled this off twice before with no problem so I'm kinda pissed cause if I wouldv'e waited till the morning it would probably have come off fine.
Anyone ever do this and your solution?
I could always carefully cut the wheel at the crankshaft but that's risky business.
Hopefully my "get head resurfaced and only have half a day of car-down-time" still works out
Anyone ever do this and your solution?
I could always carefully cut the wheel at the crankshaft but that's risky business.
Hopefully my "get head resurfaced and only have half a day of car-down-time" still works out
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My bad, I misunderstood you
When you said "Now last time I cut the arms off most of the way and used those to put the claws on, but I had to jam the crankshaft to stop it from turning. Since the engine is in the car now I'd rather not have to pull the oil pan but seems its the only way to stop it from turning. I will heat it up if my friend has a butane torch"
I thought that ment it was turning, and your problem was keeping the engine from turning
~Nate
When you said "Now last time I cut the arms off most of the way and used those to put the claws on, but I had to jam the crankshaft to stop it from turning. Since the engine is in the car now I'd rather not have to pull the oil pan but seems its the only way to stop it from turning. I will heat it up if my friend has a butane torch"
I thought that ment it was turning, and your problem was keeping the engine from turning
~Nate
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My bad, I misunderstood you
When you said "Now last time I cut the arms off most of the way and used those to put the claws on, but I had to jam the crankshaft to stop it from turning. Since the engine is in the car now I'd rather not have to pull the oil pan but seems its the only way to stop it from turning. I will heat it up if my friend has a butane torch"
I thought that ment it was turning, and your problem was keeping the engine from turning
~Nate
When you said "Now last time I cut the arms off most of the way and used those to put the claws on, but I had to jam the crankshaft to stop it from turning. Since the engine is in the car now I'd rather not have to pull the oil pan but seems its the only way to stop it from turning. I will heat it up if my friend has a butane torch"
I thought that ment it was turning, and your problem was keeping the engine from turning
~Nate