Thread: Cam install. Can't get crank bold off.. any help?

Its all back together now, I was just showing silver gtp what I tried because I'm pretty sure its the same he was describing.

Originally Posted by Brooks

Its all back together now, I was just showing silver gtp what I tried because I'm pretty sure its the same he was describing.

Yep, that's exactly how I did mine. Had to push pretty hard on that pipe to get it to break loose. If you block the flywheel from turning and use the same method, it should come off. Make sure you are pushing on the pipe and not pulling. We all have brain farts once in a while. It will be kinda rough at first. The whole back side of the head is coated with a red thread locker to stop the bolt from coming loose. It makes a little noise as you break that stuff free.

^The back side of the bolt head is coated with orange-ish red RTV from the factory to keep the engine oil from coming out around the bolt. If you don't install RTV, then it will fling oil as you drive.

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Originally Posted by GR8racingfool

^The back side of the bolt head is coated with orange-ish red RTV from the factory to keep the engine oil from coming out around the bolt. If you don't install RTV, then it will fling oil as you drive.

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YUP! Found that out the hard way after my buddy removed the "orange gooey sh*t" and re-used the factory bolt one time. Had to pull it all back apart, replace the crank seal, and put on a new bolt.

24" breaker bar + 36" cheater pipe = easy work on a difficult bolt!
(The hood was off at the time, so I actually had room to use all 5-feet...)

Put some WD40 in the impact gun, makes the impact hit a little harder for a short period of time.

Originally Posted by Silver GTP

Yep, that's exactly how I did mine. Had to push pretty hard on that pipe to get it to break loose. If you block the flywheel from turning and use the same method, it should come off.

I have an engineering background not auto mechanics so excuse me if my questions are trivial.

How do I block the flywheel from turning, will I be disassembling the transmission?

Originally Posted by miker56

Take ur starter off and direct access to flywheel

time out! why are we taking the starter off? you can get at the flex plate by taking off a couple plastic inspection covers under the car. it's just that easy.

then put a vice grips on the flex plate and it wont move past the notches that it catches on.

Originally Posted by Bio248

time out! why are we taking the starter off? you can get at the flex plate by taking off a couple plastic inspection covers under the car. it's just that easy.

then put a vice grips on the flex plate and it wont move past the notches that it catches on.

Yep, exactly how I got in there. Right at the bottom of the transmission where it meets the oil pan is a small, black plastic cover held on by two bolts. If you take that off, you will see the bottom of the flywheel. I had a pry bar that matched up to the shape of teeth really well and used that to hold it in place while breaking the bolt.

Don't worry about asking questions that you think are trivial. I wasn't born knowing everything about cars and never will, but what I do know I had to learn somewhere along the way. The more you learn, the less questions you need to ask.