Has anyone come up with any creative ways to lock up the flywheel to torque the balancer/crank bolt down.I know I can buy a tool for this but I would like to alleviate the cost.Thanks

 

https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...ent+moore+tool should be some answers in here

 

put it in 4th gear with the car on the ground, and take it off.

 

It's an auto from the sound of things. Stick a screwdriver in it.

 

remove starter and like said above, shove the biggest screwdriver thatll fit in one of the holes in the flexplate. make sure the screw driver has a pretty solid handle as the edge of the block will want to cut it

 

OK,thanks for the advice.How many Ft./LBS. did you guys torque the bolt to using the screwdriver?

 

first time i did this on an auto i torqued it til the screwdriver broke, hehe whoops

all other times i used a better quality screwdriver and torqued it to factory specs. 240#'s with the old bolt, remove old bolt install new bolt, torque to 37#'s, and turn an additional 140 degrees

 

i had a big breaker bar/crowbar that i weged in there some how...it worked like a dream though

 

I do not know about the GTO, I do know a little about 5.7 Camero

ps:: I install a new seal any time I remove a pulley($10.00 and 10 minutes now is better than haveing a leak and haveing to remve pulley again

may make a tool to hold flywheel REmove the small 2 in round plug on bottom of bellhouseing insert
hope the drawing of tool is understandable
use a 1/8 x 2 flat bar about 12 in long insert into flywheel threw the round hole in botton of bellhouseing ,the notch in side will hold tool in place
PS: THE DRAWING DOES NOT SHOW UP CORRECT ,it should be about 2 in wide all the way down

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thanks for the advice everyone,the screwdriver in the flywheel did the trick.

 

For me, the Kent Moore tool was one of the best $65 investments I made. It securely locks the flywheel without any worries of things slipping and causing damage.

Keith