Neat trick!
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1. Loop the old accessory belt around the crank pulley.
2. Run both sides of the belt over an available accessory pulley.
3. Anchor the other end of the loop on a third pulley.
4. Rotate the crank pulley and take up the belt slack by letting the crank pulley end pinch the belt under itself.
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When the last of the slack is gone, the belt should immobilize the crank pulley completely, allowing you to apply gobs of bolt-loosening torque.
Neat trick!
-set socket/breaker bar in place oriented in a manner that has the breaker bar braced against the floor or chassis.
-bump starter.
-remove socket/breaker bar and unthread crank bolt by hand.
doesn't get any quicker & easier than that.
Don't know if I'd bump start this rig. I'd be worried about snapping off the water pump snout. Then again, I'd probably have a pipe on the breaker bar.....
This, plus a torque multiplier (used for Semi-Truck lug nuts) is the easy button. That'll give you a 1.5:1 increase in torque applied (give or take), and remove the need for the big piece of pipe slipped over the breaker bar (the shorter pipe will do).
Or a home made strap wrench made from an old fan belt and axle shaft:
Torqued said:Or a home made strap wrench made from an old fan belt and axle shaft:
Very simple and effective idea...I like that very much!
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