[Supras] Crankshaft Pulley Bolt

[Phil L.]

When I did mine (with a Toyota tech helping) we did it in the car, and 
used the starter motor pushing against a breaker bar....

obviously not much use when the engines on a stand, but it gives you an 
idea of the force required to get the bolt out...

FauxZ wrote:
> just be sure you don't jack up the pulley that way..
>
> personally I've wedged a block of wood between the crank and the block, but 
> i was afraid i might crack the block so I drilled two holes in a long piece 
> of 1/4 x 3" steel bar, bolted that where the flywheel used to go, and then 
> let it smack up against the stand..  That's the best way, assuming you don't 
> have the flywheel on anymore of course..   The best, best, way is to hold 
> the flywheel with a flywheel tool before you put it on the stand..
>
> The funniest part is the picture in the tsrm.
> http://www.cygnusx1.net/Supra/Library/TSRM/MK3/manual.aspx?Section=EM&Page=24
>
> Obivously Toyota techs have some form of superhuman strength as they show 
> you can easily remove the bolt with a 1 foot breaker bar in one hand and an 
> sst in the other.
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