well..im officially SCREWED. I have one of the flywheel bolts COMPLETELY rounded off, and i bought a bolt extractor, and that too is having trouble staying on... what the hell do i do?!

 

TTT for a F$#%'ed newbie

 

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00952062000P

 

those are the extractors im using, except now its starting to round off with them. Everytime i get the extractor socket on and use some muscle itll just pop off... I had my friend holding a prybar to keep the flywheel from moving, but needless to say that wasnt perfect. I might try and pry a flathead screwdriver somewhere to keep the flywheel from moving... no idea, im so pissed off

 

instead of trying to hold the fly wheel why not try and if you can and get a socket to hold the crank in front of the car.

 

i may have to try that as well..

 

That sux...drilling out bolts is FUN...have you tried puttin heat to it?

 

Can you cut it off with a whiz-wheel, take the flywheel off, then try to get it out with vise-grips? It may come right out once the flywheel is off.

Even if you screw up the flywheel, buying a new one sounds better than screwing up your crank.

 

that is extremely true, but im not at that point yet... still want to re use my fly wheel

 

ive got nothing to produce heat with!

 

Soak that thing with PB Blaster, then go to Home Depot and buy a YELLOW tank of Mapp gas in the plumbing isle and have at it. Take a cold chisel and as big a hammer at you can find and strike the head of the bolt tangentially in a counter-clockwise direction to try and break it loose. (Basically a hand powered impact tool) Is there any head left at all?

 

Maybe before doing that, if the head is still intact, but just rounded, try taking a 12 point socket just slightly smaller than the head (what is left) and drive it onto the bolt. Kinda like they do to get wheel locks off then the "key" is lost. Then give it one more try.....

 

damn that sux, i really want to see what your talking about can you take a pic??

 

pics here:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/northwest-members/950369-im-dilemma-flywheel-bolt-rounded.html

i ended up getting it off.... now for the pilot bearing.. this will be another PITA

 

For me the pilot bearing was the biggest pita in the whole job. I bought a cheap small bearing puller from Autozone, modded it to fit and welded it to a slide hammer. After heating it up and yanking on it several times I gave up on the slide hammer. It didnt even take me 5 mins to get out once I started trying to pry against the bearing puller. I used what I think is a ball joint remover?? Its basically a big chisel looking thing thats about a foot long with a wedged two prong tip. Good luck with it.

 

thanks man, i think tommorow im going to go to sears and see if theyve got anything that'd work... i can already tell this is going to be a HUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE queer. Do you think some penetrating oil will work any?

 

this is what i want huh?
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00990096000P

 

Use a slide hammer from auto zone (called a blind hole puller). You can rent them, instead of buying the one from sears.

Put the second to smallest one on the tool. Slide it in and tighten it down the rest of the way (pushing the teeth out). Then start sliding. Took at most 10 minutes. Most of that time was wasted because I started with the smallest one first and it wouldn't expand far enough.

 

lol just experienced that yesteday, i ended up just going to a local freight harbor and grabbing a blind hole puller for like 35$...
OK update: sorry for not updating... Well i ordered a remote bleeder last week and it hasnt arrived, so im putting the car back together.. it will have to wait until the next time.
Im going to get under the car, clean up the back of the motor, the under carriage... and begin installing everything....

 

keep us updated! when **** goes wrong you need all the moral support you can get lol