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1 angry Wedge car that WON"T give up it's crank bolt.
Scolded it ,hit it with a rolled up newspaper.
Just won't listen.
Good luck
 
I'll have to siphon off some of the liqueur allocated to my wife
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There are so many places I could go with that - better to just wish you a Happy New Year. LOL.

Breaker bar help at all?
 
Try a big wrench and a big hammer, I have had good lluck with impact when a breaker bar, even and enhance 2 foot long breaker bar wouldn't work. Have you tried the other kind of lubricating liquids--i.e. PB Blaster?
 
Work on the 6. LOL
Happy New Year and glad to be home with the snow gone.
 
thanks Mark!
glemon said:
Try a big wrench and a big hammer, I have had good luck with impact when a breaker bar, even and enhance 2 foot long breaker bar wouldn't work. Have you tried the other kind of lubricating liquids--i.e. PB Blaster?
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Tried hitting my breaker bar with my hand sledge.
Don't know if the PB would work in the crank pulley.
 
How long of a piece of steel pipe do you have that will fit over the breaker bar? I once saw a five footer on the end of a breaker bar that did the job nicely, but go slow.
 
Unfortunately the motor is too far forward to use a long breaker bar from the top.(with the hood on) The bottom way is only as high as the car is off the ground. I have it sitting on ramps to make it easier to work from the engine bay.
 
Too bad. No possible angle to get anything longer on that, even for a 1/8th turn? It will only take that first 1/16" movement on the threads to get it loose.
 
The longer the bar the more movement at the end!
 
I tried a breaker bar and a hammer, breaker bar had some flex in it, lessening the impact, a large closed end spanner will have a wider cross section and less flex to absorb the impact of the hammer blow.

I discovered this after several days of trying to get a stuck crank nut off of a Healey.

I got mine (big wrench) for 10 bucks or so at a tractor supply place.

As far as the PB Blaster--can't hurt, might help
 
The bolt is down inside a pulley and harmonic balance. The 3" extension barely make it out
 
OOOOOHHHHH! Well that makes a difference! Guess I have a thing or two to learn about those fancy modern motors.
 
So, either get the car up higher, or hook a come-a-long to the breaker bar.

HF has a set of jackstands that reach to 24" for under $40; and I made some stacks of 2x4 to raise them another 4.5".
 
I used a 3/4" drive deep socket on my air impact driver to get that one out
 
philman said:
I used a 3/4" drive deep socket on my air impact driver to get that one out
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:iagree: though mine's a 1/2" drive.
 
Bro's Hondroid crank bolt needed removing (cam belt replacement) a few months ago, same issue. Thing would NOT "un-do". two-foot long Snappy breaker, 3/4" windy impact, 3/4" ELECTRIC impact... thing was apparently WELDED in. It finally took a trip to a truck repair facility and a 1" impact windy to get it out!
 
Using a 1/2 drive. I borrowed my neighbors compressor as mine is for nail guns. It too is to small My gun needs 90PSI/ 6.5 CFM and the pressor only delivers 3.5/minute.

So somewhere I need t get a bigger compressor I guess.
 
Get your socket and breaker bar onto the nut, put some serious torque on the bar, and while torque is still being applied, pour a kettle of boiling water on the offending nut/bolt.


Still get a bigger compressor though, tell the wife you can blow the driveway clean with it, thats always a good sell........................
 
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