How do you untighten the Crank Bolt? -- Now Tighten

[rapieper at yahoo.com (Ron Pieper)]

One choice is to tighten the bolt after the engine is in the car, and use the 2x4 between a crank
throw and the block to hold the crank. Of course this means you'd install the pan after
installation.

Ron
 
--- Don Walter <dswalterwi@gmail.com> wrote:

> Okay I can see where an impact is great for taking it outbut what
> about putting it back in?  These are apparently stretch bolts because
> the Bently instructions say to tighten to 90 Nm (66 ft. ib.) plus 1/4
> turn.  How are you going to do that with an impact????    It seems you
> could over tighten one of these.  Can you replace it with one of the
> Non stretch ones - Hex Bolt with Washer that requires 150 Nm (111 ft.
> lb.)
> 
> There must be a published way of securing the crank to torque on it. 
> I have one idea and that is to take a piec of bar stock drill two
> holes in it and secure it on the opposite end where the fly wheel goes
> and let the bar stock rotate until it rests against the engine stand
> mounts.  Is twos bolts enough?  maybe I should span more than two.



		
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