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honda timing belt pulley bolt
spent today messing about with my new crx & had a bunch of fun & games
with the pulley bolt. i confess, reading elle's story about her timing belt [and other comments from other contributors], i was a little dismissive - i've never had much problem with these things when i worked as a mechanic before, so wasn't anticipating much difference here. of course, i'd had the benefit of air tools then too. i'd taken the precaution of buying the pulley holder tool first, but trying to use a standard 1/2" drive? forget it! that guy was on there tight. my crx was a tow-home, so no chance of running it up to the local shop for an air tool loosening. ended up investing in a 3/4" breaker bar, & more importantly, the 3/4" extension, [actually closer to 1" diameter shaft - solid tool steel]. /no/ wind-up there! now the bolt broke free right away. so, for anyone that plans on doing this job more than once, but doesn't want to go the air tool route, i recommend a quick trip to napa auto supply [or equivalent]. in fact, even with the cost of the pulley holder & the 3/4" tools, i still think i'm ahead of paying a shop to do the work for me. thought i'd share the joy. |
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jim beam wrote:
> spent today messing about with my new crx & had a bunch of fun & games > with the pulley bolt. i confess, reading elle's story about her timing > belt [and other comments from other contributors], i was a little > dismissive - i've never had much problem with these things when i worked > as a mechanic before, so wasn't anticipating much difference here. of > course, i'd had the benefit of air tools then too. > > i'd taken the precaution of buying the pulley holder tool first, but > trying to use a standard 1/2" drive? forget it! that guy was on there > tight. my crx was a tow-home, so no chance of running it up to the > local shop for an air tool loosening. ended up investing in a 3/4" > breaker bar, & more importantly, the 3/4" extension, [actually closer to > 1" diameter shaft - solid tool steel]. /no/ wind-up there! now the > bolt broke free right away. > > so, for anyone that plans on doing this job more than once, but doesn't > want to go the air tool route, i recommend a quick trip to napa auto > supply [or equivalent]. in fact, even with the cost of the pulley > holder & the 3/4" tools, i still think i'm ahead of paying a shop to do > the work for me. thought i'd share the joy. > I was able to get the same bolt on my '91 Civic with 1/2" drive tools, but the 20" 1/2 drive extension twisted severely (at least 90 deg?) before the bolt gave. I don't have a lot of experience stressing tools and testing their limits, but I made sure I had some safety goggles on at least. I thought it was a fun experience, as I'd never seen metal twist like that before and rebound back to its original configuration. Mark |
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jim beam wrote:
> spent today messing about with my new crx & had a bunch of fun & games > with the pulley bolt. i confess, reading elle's story about her timing > belt [and other comments from other contributors], i was a little > dismissive - i've never had much problem with these things when i worked > as a mechanic before, so wasn't anticipating much difference here. of > course, i'd had the benefit of air tools then too. > > i'd taken the precaution of buying the pulley holder tool first, but > trying to use a standard 1/2" drive? forget it! that guy was on there > tight. my crx was a tow-home, so no chance of running it up to the > local shop for an air tool loosening. ended up investing in a 3/4" > breaker bar, & more importantly, the 3/4" extension, [actually closer to > 1" diameter shaft - solid tool steel]. /no/ wind-up there! now the > bolt broke free right away. > > so, for anyone that plans on doing this job more than once, but doesn't > want to go the air tool route, i recommend a quick trip to napa auto > supply [or equivalent]. in fact, even with the cost of the pulley > holder & the 3/4" tools, i still think i'm ahead of paying a shop to do > the work for me. thought i'd share the joy. > harbor freight sells 3/4" drive tools, and theyre cheap. should work, though. |
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