Hello, I am so happy! The bolt is off! It took about 40 kG of push on a well above 1 m long lever, which is close to 400 Nm I believe. I bolted a steel tube to the propeller hub to immobilize the crankshaft.
Again thank you all for the words of encouragement. The former owner of my Dimona clearly did not feel equal to the task and just used some make-shift arrangement to channel away the leaking engine oil. Best regards Jarek Steliga On Fri, 16 Oct 2020 at 10:00, Jarek Steliga <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > As always thank you so much. > > Regards > Jarek > > > > On Fri, 16 Oct 2020 at 09:43, Ric <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Jarek. >> >> I would recommend using a single hex socket if you can. I built a tool >> something similar to the tool that rob shared the link to. Doing it back up >> again was also an issue. As torque wrenches of a suitable size were a bit >> pricey for a one off job(hopefully) i did some calculations then using a >> two metre bit of rhs and added sufficient weight to the end of it to >> achieve the correct torque. Holding the engine on the bench while this was >> happening was another issue-solved with some helpers and the offer of beer. >> If i remember correctly i think the fly wheel bolt may have been 400nm and >> the front hub may have been around the 180 nm (can anyone confirm?) that >> was on my L2000 assuming yours is too. Good luck J >> >> >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On >> Behalf Of *Jarek Steliga >> *Sent:* Friday, 16 October 2020 5:12 AM >> *To:* Laurie Hoffman via dog >> *Subject:* [DOG mailing list] Large cogwheel at the back of the Limbach >> 2000 - how to take off >> >> >> >> >> >> Hello, >> >> >> >> To make myself absolutely clear, I am referring to the cogwheel which >> engages with the starter. >> >> >> >> After some tentative attempts I realized that it is not going to be easy >> to loosen the nut/screw holding the cogwheel. I llooked through this forum >> archived posts and found nothing. >> >> >> >> >> >> Could you please share some ideas on how to go about it? I'm planning to >> weld a socket spanner to a long piece of iron for good leverage, but that >> would deal with only part of the problem. Perhaps the bigger problem is how >> to immobilize the cogwheel. Wedging the teeth with a screw driver against >> some protruding parts around the cogwheel did not work. >> >> >> >> Looking forward to your thoughts >> >> Best regards >> >> Jarek Steliga >> >
