My flywheel just sits there, getting cleaner and better protected by various lubricants as I attempt to pull it off its crankshaft. I've been working on this off-and-on for five days, at this point. The good news is that I don't believe I've bent anything on the flywheel or the crankshaft. The flywheel nut smoothly spins on and off and the flywheell has not been beat with a hammer or heated.
This evening I put an impact wrench on the flywheel puller bolt and set the air pressure on my compressor to 75psi. I replaced the grade 5 bolts that came with my flywheel puller with some grade 8 bolts and washers. Next, I slowly started cranking on the center bolt while making sure that the bolt remained as perfectly upright as possible. Even used a metal ruler as a sort of gauge to measure any lean in the bolt and then remove it by adjusting the puller bolts appropriately. I used a slow thud thud thud setting on the impact wrench. Didn't budge. Also, I sprayed on the Loctite Freeze and Release product. Have to say that I don't believe that the temperature dropped more than 20 degrees or so. It was approximately 60 degrees in my garage and the metal just didn't feel all that cold after I sprayed the Loctite. Maybe the can I used was a dud? Others have reported having a good experience with this product.
Three options: crank the impact wrench up to its max of 90 psi and/or use a faster impact setting, use a big breaker bar and attempt steady pressure again, or have the flywheel removed at a shop. Any ideas or suggestions?
This evening I put an impact wrench on the flywheel puller bolt and set the air pressure on my compressor to 75psi. I replaced the grade 5 bolts that came with my flywheel puller with some grade 8 bolts and washers. Next, I slowly started cranking on the center bolt while making sure that the bolt remained as perfectly upright as possible. Even used a metal ruler as a sort of gauge to measure any lean in the bolt and then remove it by adjusting the puller bolts appropriately. I used a slow thud thud thud setting on the impact wrench. Didn't budge. Also, I sprayed on the Loctite Freeze and Release product. Have to say that I don't believe that the temperature dropped more than 20 degrees or so. It was approximately 60 degrees in my garage and the metal just didn't feel all that cold after I sprayed the Loctite. Maybe the can I used was a dud? Others have reported having a good experience with this product.
Three options: crank the impact wrench up to its max of 90 psi and/or use a faster impact setting, use a big breaker bar and attempt steady pressure again, or have the flywheel removed at a shop. Any ideas or suggestions?
