This may be a long shot, but anybody have the special tool for holding the crankshaft for an e30 (m20) i could borrow for the day. I ran out of tricks and it wont budge. Thanks.
You mean, like… a socket? Or a flywheel lock?
Some people
are you trying to lock the ring gear in place?
not the socket, a lock. i mean there tool looks like along the lines of this.http://www.samstagsales.com/bmw/bmw88886112240.jpg
some people is right lol sucks having limited tools.
Are you trying to get the damper off?
trying to take the balancer off to change the water pump, timing belt. etc…
Is the motor still in the car?
yes it is. but everything is out. Pretty much just block and head.
no trans?
well trans too.
can’t you put it in 5th gear and shove an extension through the driveshaft universal joint?
ill see how that goes, brb
why 5th not 1st?
Less stress on the universal joint. You’re loading it kinda weird by jamming something through it, so I’d think you’d wanna keep that force down…
ive always used a punch to lock the flywheel.
Clarification: You punched the flywheel and the damper falls off in fear.
I have one. Ordered it from Pelican Parts when nothing else seemed to work. Still had to put a jack handle over the tool and use an impact gun to take off that bolt, sucker is on there tight.
I woulda thought that YOU would be enough… if not more then enough of a “special tool”
and shouldn’t you have been working on that UB application