How to turn over engine?
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Staging Lane
Joined: Dec 2004
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How to turn over engine? Ok... say you pull the hub off the crank at 12 o'clock and then you pull the timing cover off and find out that the hub was previously installed incorrectly. At this point how do you crank the engine over to get to cylinder 1 at TDC?... I already tried pulling out the plugs and then trying to turn the engine at the flywheel but trying to push the flywheel by the ring teeth with a large screwdriver didn't work too well and I can't get the torque converter cover off all the way (without removing a header) to try and just turn the flywheel with my hands.
Can I just put the crankshaft hub bolt back in without the hub and then turn the engine over to get it back at TDC on cylinder 1 and then just throw a strap wrench over the end of the crank shaft (to hold it) and pull the bolt back out???
Can I just put the crankshaft hub bolt back in without the hub and then turn the engine over to get it back at TDC on cylinder 1 and then just throw a strap wrench over the end of the crank shaft (to hold it) and pull the bolt back out???
TECH Fanatic
Joined: Oct 2003
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last time i had to turn mine and i had the balancer and hub off, i just put the bolt through a big socket(so the bolt doesnt bottom out on the crank)
tightened it till the socket was snug against the crank then turned it. basicly used the socket instead of a bunch of washers.
just make sure you have the bolt threaded in enough so you dont pull the threads out.
tightened it till the socket was snug against the crank then turned it. basicly used the socket instead of a bunch of washers.
just make sure you have the bolt threaded in enough so you dont pull the threads out.
