Re: crankshaft seal FUN!!!!!!

["Mark Langford" <langford@hiwaay.net>]

Heating the bolt loosens the loctite.  That was the point of my post.  Heat
it and the gear won't break.  Don't heat it, and you may get to go buy a
new one, no matter how you generate the torque to get it off.

Mark Langford
email at  langford@hiwaay.net
KR2S project construction at  http://fly.hiwaay.net/~langford

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> From: Jay Docherty <jdoc@postoffice.ptd.net>
> To: scirocco-l@privatei.com
> Subject: Re: crankshaft seal FUN!!!!!!
> Date: Tuesday, July 08, 1997 6:23 AM
> 
> > Date:          Mon, 30 Jun 1997 11:06:39 -0400
> > From:          brett@kodak.com (Brett VanSprewenburg)
> > To:            scirocco-l@privatei.com
> > Subject:       Re: crankshaft seal FUN!!!!!!
> 
> > 
> > > 
> > > Good point on heating the bolt. Another way to break the bolt free is
to 
> > > install a breaker bar, let the handle rest against the ground,
disconect 
> > > the fuel pump relayu, ground ignition, bump the starter, it will
break 
> > > free...
> > > 
> > > Later,
> > > 
> > > Brian
> > 
> > No it won't. :-)    Remember my 'Just Fix It' post?  This is one of
> > things I tried to do to get that bolt off.  I may not have even
> > written that part in there now that I think about it... Ah right, 
> > _yours_ might come off, but _I_ had to resort to much more drastic 
> > measures.  Good luck!
> > 
> > Laytron!
> > 
> > ==Brett
> > --
> Well, I have to say that I have found a method that doesn't require a 
> torch OR to take the oil pan off.  Its simple and easy and anyone 
> can take the sprocket of in about 3 minutes.  Unfortunatly prior to 
> this discovery I shattered my crankshaft sprocket into 3 pieces.
> 
> This requires 2 people and a 1 1/2 foot braker bar.
> 
> Step 1 Jack the car up and remove all belts and covers.
> 
> Step2 Put the tire back on and set the car back on the ground.
> 
> Step 3 Have the second person put the car in fifth and STAND on the 
> brakes.
> 
> Step 4 Put the braker bar on and crank away.  In a couple seconds and 
> a couple bloody nuckles it will come right off.  
> 
> 
> I used this method on 2 cars and it worked perfect.
> 
>                                       Jay
> '80 Scirocco 1.8 8v
> 
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