Flywheel nut Rightie Tightie, Leftie loossie?
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Its your standard right hand thread. Left to loosen. Whatsa matter, cant get it off? But its not gonna happen with a ratchet. You will need an impact or a very long breaker bar.
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Originally Posted by FirstRotaryExp
and whatever you do...DONT PUT A WRENCH TO THE NUT ON TEH LOWER FRONT PULLEY BOLT!!!!!!! that will sooo very much cause somethign evil wrong...my 88se is sitting at kevins now because I had made that mistake....
What happened is, you probably broke the front bolt loose and dropped the Torrington bearing.
This nut is a ***** to remove, hopefully you have a good flywheel stopping tool!
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Originally Posted by J-Rat
What happened is, you probably broke the front bolt loose and dropped the Torrington bearing.
This nut is a ***** to remove, hopefully you have a good flywheel stopping tool!
This nut is a ***** to remove, hopefully you have a good flywheel stopping tool!
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When I've removed teh flywheel nut I usually take a crowbar and the stick it behind the flywheel and turn the flywheel counter-clockwise until the little protrusions on the back of the flywheel catch the crowbar and keep turning until the whole thing locks up against the rear iron's protrusions (kinda sounds goofy to explain, but if you stick a crowbar back there and turn the flywheel you'll see where it will catch safely.)
Then I use a 3/4" drive breaker bar with the 2 1/2" socket with a big four foot chunk of pipe and give it a good pull. I've done this twice now and both times the nut just popped off without having to pull as hard as I can.
Then I use a 3/4" drive breaker bar with the 2 1/2" socket with a big four foot chunk of pipe and give it a good pull. I've done this twice now and both times the nut just popped off without having to pull as hard as I can.
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I just took the easy route.
I put the engine in the back of my Subaru, drive to a local truck shop I know (with 1" impact wrenches & huge sockets to match), and ask them to remove the flywheel nut & front pulley nut. Then, I take one of the crowbars, pry on one side of the flywheel, tap the other side with a sledge laying around, pop the flywheel off, and drive home 10 minutes later with all the difficult stuff done. Usually for free.
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I put the engine in the back of my Subaru, drive to a local truck shop I know (with 1" impact wrenches & huge sockets to match), and ask them to remove the flywheel nut & front pulley nut. Then, I take one of the crowbars, pry on one side of the flywheel, tap the other side with a sledge laying around, pop the flywheel off, and drive home 10 minutes later with all the difficult stuff done. Usually for free.
-=Russ=-
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Originally Posted by beefhole
^ Yes. My friends and I removed flywheels nuts like this. 2 of us had to brace the engine in place, and the other had to break the nut free with a giant wratchet + socket + GIANT cheater bar. My friend fell on the ground each time, but the nuts broke free ![Big Grin](https://www.rx7club.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
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I went the harrdware store method for my stopper bar... same thing mazdatrix sells.
jsut go buy a couple feet of rectangular stock, like and inch wide and a quarter inch thick. measure the distance between two of the bolts on the flywheel, and drill and tap these holes, you can then botls the bar straight on to the flywheel, and rotate it until it hits the ground.
jsut go buy a couple feet of rectangular stock, like and inch wide and a quarter inch thick. measure the distance between two of the bolts on the flywheel, and drill and tap these holes, you can then botls the bar straight on to the flywheel, and rotate it until it hits the ground.
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Nothing like renting a 1 inch electric impact gun, for $20 a day, it makes life way much easier. Do a search under my ID, you will even find the model number, seriously no effort at all, lets just say that I don't even sweat it when it comes to that part of the job ![Smilie](https://www.rx7club.com/images/smilies/smile.gif)
I liked it so much, that I ended up buying one
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I liked it so much, that I ended up buying one
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