it should go fully home
Thanks.
Well I never, someone else who uses it, wonder if I read it here years ago, nevertheless been using it for years now!
Wow! Have only ever seen home made ones like that. Never knew they was an official tool like!
obviously there is as i have one,very useful for a d2 were theres little roomWow! Have only ever seen home made ones like that. Never knew they was an official tool like!
Well i was going to make one for myself, not knowing they were on the market, and as the only other one i have ever seen was home made and, let's face it, it wouldn't be too hard to make, but thanks to your post I'll save myself the trouble and get one, just as soon as I need it.
for a crank nut it would want to be more than mild steel ,and id struggle to go down that routeWell i was going to make one for myself, not knowing they were on the market, and as the only other one i have ever seen was home made and, let's face it, it wouldn't be too hard to make, but thanks to your post I'll save myself the trouble and get one, just as soon as I need it.
It's like the tool I made to hold things like the fan when undoing the nut etc etc. i know you can buy them but I am a tight and impatient git and I always have bar and odd nuts and bolts so I just go ahead and make stuff. May not last as long but then I don't use them professionally.
cokes a mild acid which breaks the rust, leaving it running clutch pedal pressed in gear will free it eventually ,you either have to be driving it or have axle off the groundAll I need now is special tool that enables me to free off the clutch on one of my kit cars that sticks on for a pastime if I leave the car for too long especially over the winter. I have tried absolutely everything I and others could think of to free it off, in the past. some of which were unbelieveably brutal. But in the end I always have to drop the engine and box and take them apart. (Not enough room to just get the box off, kit cars you have to love them!). It's a Marina 1.8 B series engine and box, in a car that only weighs 705 kgs. I think the problem is that it is so light. In the original car the usual methods would work. Unless I start modifying the bell housing to enable me to get various tools in there to free it off.
I have heard of mechanics spraying the edge of the clutch with Coca-cola, but that seems like a totally grotty idea to me.
So, I live in hope!
I am sure you are right, as you say, if it isn't man enough for the job, it would fail, or maybe just work once. As i said I have only ever seen one that looked as if it was home made and i have not tried to make one yet. What you said has convinced me to not bother. To date, I have never had a problem getting a crankshaft pulley bolt off, but then a Landy is another beast!
a crank like a cv is hardened steel, nut or bolt is going to have a high torque,its a tool worth buying as like an impact gun can do many jobs whereas a locking tool needs to be specific to each job
Yeah and that is what I tried, over, and over and over again, as well as getting it running with the wheels spinning on a jack under the diff then dropping it quickly to the ground. It just took off like a scalded cat. The problem with the Coke was getting it past the bell housing and clutch cover. I even contemplated attaching the rear of the chassis to a tree with chains, driving away and letting the chains snatch. but couldn't bring myself to do it. Even though typical of a kit car, the chassis is even tougher than one under a Landy.
try time and the brakes
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