Front crank / aircon pulley 32mm bolt removal!!

[longbow]

Anyone know a good way of undoing the said bolt, and also which direction its threaded? If I try any harder, things are going to start to break!!!

[TooTall Paul]

You will need a buzz gun !(or whatever they are called)

[Toady1]

TooTall Paul said:

You will need a buzz gun !(or whatever they are called)

lol! an impact wrench/gun!

[Tam Lin]

The fun to be had putting the air-con belt back on is also not to be underestimated. Tensioning requires a lot of force (I used a wooden broom-handle) so it's best to have someone else to tighten everything.

[duke thrust]

Right, I'm getting ready to be shot down in flames here….

What I've done on the past with RV8's, A series engines and a few others is brace a socket on the front crank bolt with a breaker bar (don't use a normal ratchet) against the ground and give the starter a quick flick - it's never failed to work.

(You need to make sure you brace it on the correct side - you don't want the bar spinning up away from the ground and torwards your P&J)

BUT there might be a good reason not to do this on the Cerbera, get some opinions first as it might be threaded in a different direction or another TVR specific reason that I don't know about…….

>> Edited by duke thrust on Tuesday 20th September 15:08

[Toady1]

now you sound like a proper cowboy!!!

[trackcar]

it's quite tight, with threadlock on there too. I doubt you'll do it without an air gun unless you're very lucky. In fact my ingersoll rand air gun wasn't man enough for most of them so i bought a snap on one at £220.00 just for this very job!

[longbow]

Cheers guys, finally got it off yesterday after heating it through a few cycles with an oxy torch!! Also fabricated a huge steel c-spanner to lock the air con pulley solid. Just got to get the head bolts off now...hmmmmm...... Discovered the reason for the cars massive oil consumption was the intake valve guide on the number 8 cylinder has slipped up into the head.. Ah well, looking forward to a great day on Saturday, please don't be alarmed to see a red MR2 turbo taging onto any Cerb convoys on the A1 northbound on saturday morning, its my support vehicle while my Cerb is being rebuilt!!!