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Re: Crankshaft end bolt removal

To: "Hugh Fader" <hfader@usa.net>, "6 Pack List \(E-mail\)" <6pack@autox.team.net>, "Triumph Mailing List \(E-mail\)" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Crankshaft end bolt removal
From: Bill Pugh <anabil@caltel.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 16:06:17 -0800
References: <000c01c1b19e$08a0f580$6701a8c0@roylok01.mi.comcast.net>
At 2:14 PM -0500 2/9/02, Hugh Fader wrote:
>Well. I have another stuck bolt on my TR6: the crankshaft end bolt. I have
>two of the radiator bolts installed and am holding it from turning with a
>screwdriver between these. I have sprayed the bolt with Kroil and gave it a
>few whacks. Trying to turn it with a big adjustable wrench. This isn't a
>left-hand thread by chance is it? Next step I guess would be heat, but where
>to apply it? It looks like the threaded hole is behind the pulley.

Don't know if this will work for a TR6, but on my TR3 I just wedged a 
big wrench to the  frame and hit the starter...viola...loose bolt.

Good Luck

-- 
Bill Pugh
1957 TR-3
aka Casper
TS16765L

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