Stuck Crank Bolt Help?????
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Stuck Crank Bolt Help????? Like the title says I went to a take off my crank pulley and the bolt is completly stuck and won't come off. I have already broken 2 wrenches and a breaker bar trying to get if off. Any suggestion on how to get it off?????
How could you brake a wrench? Let alone get one on the head of the bolt?
Go with a High quality 1/2 braker bar and good 6 point socket and cheater bar and you should be able to bust it loose.
Go with a High quality 1/2 braker bar and good 6 point socket and cheater bar and you should be able to bust it loose.
I bent two 1/2" breaker bars on mine. I didn't want to waste any more so I went to sears and got the biggest one they had, had to get the socket for it too because the largest sockets I have are 1/2". I believe the one I got is 3/4 and the bar must be an 1" thick. Still couldn't get it so I put a piece of rigid pipe over it like a 3' extenssion to get more torque and just yanked it hard and quick. It finally broke it loose. I think if I tried to go slow it might have even bent the new breaker bar too. They can be stuck on there good. Good luck.
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Originally Posted by 618HAWK
How could you brake a wrench? Let alone get one on the head of the bolt?
Go with a High quality 1/2 braker bar and good 6 point socket and cheater bar and you should be able to bust it loose.
Go with a High quality 1/2 braker bar and good 6 point socket and cheater bar and you should be able to bust it loose.
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Originally Posted by rufretic
I bent two 1/2" breaker bars on mine. I didn't want to waste any more so I went to sears and got the biggest one they had, had to get the socket for it too because the largest sockets I have are 1/2". I believe the one I got is 3/4 and the bar must be an 1" thick. Still couldn't get it so I put a piece of rigid pipe over it like a 3' extenssion to get more torque and just yanked it hard and quick. It finally broke it loose. I think if I tried to go slow it might have even bent the new breaker bar too. They can be stuck on there good. Good luck.
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dude were in the same problem.. i was finisheing installing the pulley only needed about 1cm to go and the bolt took a ****.. im still trying to figure out what to do.. ithink IM going to use a eazy out and if not drill the ****** holeout starting with a small bit and then slowly increaseing the size.. hopefully it helps.. good luck.
This is a problem im beginning to have as well and would love as much help as i could get, im getting damn near the point to where mines gonna be stripped out which definitey wont be good, im thinking im gonna heat the hell out of it for about 5 minutes or so and then see what i can do,...hopefully I wont strip it out...if not and it still wont come out i'll just pray to God I can borrow Gods 1/2'' impact gun to get it out i guess. I've used every method i could think of.
well if anyone is so nice to answer this predicament i've gotten myself in i'd love to hear from ya immediately if ya would email me @ STUDFOOTBALLER@AOL.COM, Thanks!
Heating the bolt will actuall make it expand, and tighten in the crank. What you would "want 
" to do is heat the crank up so it expands, and relieves the pressure on the bolt.
For example have you ever heard of the pulley in the oven trick. You put your underdrive pulley in the oven @ 210 or so for an hour, it expands the pulley and you can usually slip it right on the crank (didn't quite work for me). SAME CONCEPT.
If you heat that bolt up too much your going to have problems!!!
Just my thoughts!
" to do is heat the crank up so it expands, and relieves the pressure on the bolt.For example have you ever heard of the pulley in the oven trick. You put your underdrive pulley in the oven @ 210 or so for an hour, it expands the pulley and you can usually slip it right on the crank (didn't quite work for me). SAME CONCEPT.
If you heat that bolt up too much your going to have problems!!!
Just my thoughts!
Originally Posted by pewter 01 SS
dude were in the same problem.. i was finisheing installing the pulley only needed about 1cm to go and the bolt took a ****.. im still trying to figure out what to do.. ithink IM going to use a eazy out and if not drill the ****** holeout starting with a small bit and then slowly increaseing the size.. hopefully it helps.. good luck.
His bolt broke off on the way out. Sucked the pulley on with a torque wrench, on the stock bolt, started backing it out and the torque wrench popped, like it was getting tighter. Then it just snapped off. We drilled and drilled and broke drill bits and easy outs. Finally (after i left), they started drilling bigger and bigger untill the threads of the bolt started to come apart.
If you've got a buddy at a machine shop, they might be able to help. Worst comes to worse, you take the motor out and bring that bitch somewhere.
I doubt an ARP bolt is going to break. Locktite must have been used when it was installed. GM uses locktite on the flatwasher part of the bolt head. Once the initial torque is overcome it's not bad after that. The rocker bolts work the same way with the locktite on the bolt head from the factory instead of on the threads themselves. Not a bad place to put the locktite when you think about it.