Still cant get the crank bolt off!

[shojuan]

drgraham:
Sound like the problem that I recently just had, I finally came to the point that I used a dermal and cut the washer from the bolt. Once I got about a third of it off the bolt came free. I believe that the balancer and the washer had enough friction and thus the threads could not grap a bite. If I were to run across this again, I’d try pushing the balancer onto the shaft by placing a piece of wood against it and hitting the wood w/a hammer or using a rubber mallet. Again the thought is to relieve the pressure between the bolt and the balancer. Let us know what works. boink

Of course one could just tighten the bolt to spec to drive the balancer onto the shaft then immediately undo the bolt, then tighten the bolt to spec again. Don't need to beat on it that way.

Rick

 

[luigisho]

A couple of good raps could do some good. It sure helped when I had rust and tension on the old drum brakes. Just use some 2x4 chunk to spread and dampen the force a bit.