How Can I Keep The Flywheel Still
06-01-2005, 12:54 AM
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i tried a 5 or 6 footer, it was useless, but i doubled it up to a 12 footer that i had lying around (don't ask) and it came off w/just one hand. The difference in leverage w/doubling the length was outstanding. I would have used a gun, i just didn't own a compressor at the time.
06-01-2005, 09:16 AM
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well for the manual car taking it somehwere was an option since the engine bay is stripped and all but i dont have all the necessary tools like a engine lift to take out the motor/tranny. So that 12 foot long bar has to work or im shitted on. and i dont want to take apart my motor from the bay and have to reconnect all that **** together again lol
06-01-2005, 09:36 PM
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[quote name='ROTARYROCKET7' date='May 31 2005, 05:17 PM']where can i get this box wrench and wahts the diameter of the flywheel nut
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The nut is 2 1/8". I got a socket at sears. You might wanna get the 3/4" drive breaker bar to go with it. My 1/2" one broke way before the nut loosened trying to get my flywheel off.
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The nut is 2 1/8". I got a socket at sears. You might wanna get the 3/4" drive breaker bar to go with it. My 1/2" one broke way before the nut loosened trying to get my flywheel off.
06-01-2005, 10:34 PM
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[quote name='IHEnter' date='Jun 1 2005, 06:36 PM']The nut is 2 1/8". I got a socket at sears. You might wanna get the 3/4" drive breaker bar to go with it. My 1/2" one broke way before the nut loosened trying to get my flywheel off.
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did u use a impact gun or did u use the mazdatrix flywheel stopper?
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did u use a impact gun or did u use the mazdatrix flywheel stopper?
06-03-2005, 08:25 AM
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[quote name='ROTARYROCKET7' date='Jun 1 2005, 07:34 PM']did u use a impact gun or did u use the mazdatrix flywheel stopper?
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I initially tried bracing it with a metal fence post but the post started bending and eventually bent underneath itself. I had two people and a 6 foot pipe but i still couldn't get enough tourque so i put the engine in the back of a friends car and drove it to a mechanics, he took it off with an impact gun in 5 minutes for $5, I had to bring my own socket though since he only had up to 2".
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I initially tried bracing it with a metal fence post but the post started bending and eventually bent underneath itself. I had two people and a 6 foot pipe but i still couldn't get enough tourque so i put the engine in the back of a friends car and drove it to a mechanics, he took it off with an impact gun in 5 minutes for $5, I had to bring my own socket though since he only had up to 2".
06-03-2005, 07:33 PM
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Don't bother doing the flywheel nut by hand
I had my engine on an engine stand, I had TEN FEET of breaker bar on the socket, and two guys reefing on it
Didn't work
If you absolutely have to do this with hand tools, rent a torch kit and heat up two shanks of the flywheel nut, and it will back off with hand tools very fast
Unfortunately operating a torch, and operating it properly without damaging the nut or the flywheel or blowing something up, requires training.
I had my engine on an engine stand, I had TEN FEET of breaker bar on the socket, and two guys reefing on it
Didn't work
If you absolutely have to do this with hand tools, rent a torch kit and heat up two shanks of the flywheel nut, and it will back off with hand tools very fast
Unfortunately operating a torch, and operating it properly without damaging the nut or the flywheel or blowing something up, requires training.