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Title: HELP front pulley bolt! Post by: parrish on July 21, 2009, 06:05:45 PM Hi,
i cant get my front pulley bolt off :-[ Is it a normal thread or opposite thread? Steve Title: Re: HELP front pulley bolt! Post by: Thotos on July 21, 2009, 07:20:30 PM Normal thread but it's on VERY tight (and so it should be). I use starter motor power to get it off! :o
Title: Re: HELP front pulley bolt! Post by: Walezy on July 21, 2009, 08:25:25 PM If it did not let go on starter motor then you can heat it with some gas torch and then cool it with water - make few cycles and then try to undo the bolt
Title: Re: HELP front pulley bolt! Post by: parrish on July 21, 2009, 10:11:35 PM Forgot to mention the engine is from a Strada Abarth.
So is the advice the same? L/H or normal R/H thtread? Regards Steve Title: Re: HELP front pulley bolt! Post by: parrish on July 22, 2009, 03:05:53 PM On examination the bolt head has a large capital 'L' on it, must surely indicate L/H thread?
Title: Re: HELP front pulley bolt! Post by: Thotos on July 22, 2009, 04:14:46 PM Sorry Steve, don't know anything about Stradas (although I did have a 65CL Bianca many years ago! :-[ ;) ) and I am not sure what you mean with left hand and right hand threads (I always use my right hand to undo bolts ;D). But I can say with 100% certainty that on a 131 engine you would undo the crankshaft front pulley nut by turning it anti-clockwise.
Title: Re: HELP front pulley bolt! Post by: parrish on July 26, 2009, 09:56:52 PM Thanks all L/H thread it is and its now off.
Regrds Steve Title: Re: HELP front pulley bolt! Post by: eugene on August 06, 2009, 12:33:11 PM Are your hand knuckles ok Steve ??? ::).Eugene
Title: Re: HELP front pulley bolt! Post by: parrish on August 06, 2009, 07:00:13 PM Hi Eugene,
I would be lying if i said i didnt scrape a knuckle or two! >:( Pulley is away having a distance piece machined so as to fit a trigger wheel. The Omex electronic ignition system is wired in, just the throttle bodies/injectors and fuel rail to come. i should get her running when im home (Spain) in September. Steve Title: Re: HELP front pulley bolt! Post by: t66 on August 06, 2009, 08:17:01 PM 38mm socket, normal style of thread ie clockwise to tighten. remove sump, engine upside down - jam crank with 2 small pieces of wood. Remove nut with compressor driven windy gun or electric nut gun. :o You will never get enough purchase on it with bars etc, it all just moves. |