Would any of you have any methods you use for removing the bolt which secures the harmonic balancer (1988 Corolla)? I assume it undoes counter-clockwise like conventional bolts. I put the car into gear and had someone hold the brake down, but I could not get enough leverage to loosen the bolt. Any ideas would be appreciated.
Thank you.
Check if your engine turns the right way and put a socket wrench on it so the handle hits the frame or the ground and hit the starter in neutral.
That will break them loose usually.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT'sHenry Mydlarz wrote:
Elegant method: Impact wrench.
Method of Opportunity: disconnect coil wire, place breaker bar on balancer bolt rotate engine until breaker bar contacts subframe or some other solid structure, then "bump" the engine with the starter (do NOT try to hold the breaker bar or it will explain its name by breaking bones).
Method of Opportunity! Mate - you're brilliant!! It worked! I jammed a wrench against a car stand and held a pipe against the side to stop it from jumping off the nut. After hours of stuffing around trying to do it in all sorts of other ways, the nut came loose in a second using your starter method. Now for the removal tool... I believe that can be fun....
Thank you very much once again.
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