I work on my truck and Buick at the garage of a guy who builds Mazda race cars. He was telling me he couldn't get a flywheel off and that he had never had such difficulty as he did with the one he was working on at the time.
I walked in there later and he had some kind of pneumatic spreader in there trying to force it off with pressure. I'll have to ask him how that came out. Jon L. --- [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 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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/
