six point socket is best, breaker bar, and a vise grip or just c-clamp to clamp on flywheel and let ride up against the bellhousing when it turns. It will stop by jambing against that. If you have good fitting sockets, I like to use an air impact. Also, realize the bolt heads have little metal lock tabs that you have to bend down first. Usually socket won't fit on with tabs bent over bolt. On assembly, you can re-use the tabs or just use star washers of correct size. New bolts are reccommended and they may come in kit with the washers. A little lock-tight also. Proper torque for each one too. Buy a torque wrench if you are doing rebuild, it will be in valuable for proper tightening of mains, rods and other stuff. Specs are in the back of each section in the manual, another "tool" you should have.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With the ideas I got earlier in the day, I decided to go for it and I got the engine out, transmission off, and clutch off. Next, the shop manual says to take off the flywheel and clutch housing, but I can't seem to get that to happen. It appears I have to get the flywheel off to get to the bolts holding on the housing. But, I can't get the flywheel off. It's hard enough to keep it from rotating, but even when I can keep it still, I can't get enough leverage to break the bolts free. Is this common for these trucks? In the searching I did, it sounds like sometimes this can be a trouble spot. I'm kind of concerned I'll round off the bolts. I don't even want to know what happens if I do that. I have tried at least 4 of them with no luck yet. Could I be doing something wrong? Do I need a longer wrench? I think if I get any more leverage, I'll need a more reliable way to lock the flywheel in place. -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Accessible with your email software or over the web Ole Chevy and GMC trucks rule! To unsubscribe, send an email (with no subject, no body, just the email), to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links G. L. Perry Huntington, IN 46750 AD trucks MM tractors __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Ole Chevy and GMC trucks rule! To unsubscribe, send an email (with no subject, no body, just the email), to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/old-chevy-truck/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
