torqueing crank bolt

Sure! Put the car in gear, set the parking brake, block the tires and torque away.

BRUCE

Methinks, if you're going to do it this way, top gear is probably best.

--Geary

didbt work...too much "play" with the compression. but thanks, peter

I don't understand what the compression and play ! When you put the car in gear, the engine is locked to the rear wheels. Compression has nothing to do with the crank in the engine. Do you have an automatic ?? This works if the car is a stick shift.

Bruce

hmmm, i get about 30 - 40 degrees of rotation with the engine and everything else in place. when apply torque, i get the the it feels like i am compressing the air in the cyl's but not enough to torque the bolt.. i do see what you mean tho...i must be loading up the drive train but not enough to lock up everything for a solid torque.

you have me wondering now....

i did get it torqued by clamping the pulley and belt and progressively increasing the setting on my wrench.

This works if the car is a stick shift.

An old motorcycle trick - take out a sparkplug and cram a length of nylon rope into the cylinder (leaving the end hang out of course). The nylon will keep the engine from rotating but not hurt the piston, valves, etc.; and when you're done just pull it out and replace the plug.

miker

triumph maybe??

take out a sparkplug and cram a length of nylon

i will remember this one

thanks, peter

You say that you are getting rotation? Well you might, but you are just torqing or breaking it loose. What do you care if the crank moves a little. It will not change anything now that you have the belt on, you are JUST breaking it loose or torqing the bolt! Once the bolt has been broken loose, go ahead and do what you are going to do! Same thing for torque. You don't care if the crank moves, the work is already done.

Bruce

Put it in 5th gear, set parking brake, and loosen/lower the sway-bar. At least I had to on my 97, my torque wrench wouldn't fit in there unless I took the bolts almost all the way out and pulled the sway bar down as far as it would go.

Chris