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Re: Fan extension bolt

To: Rob Pennington <robp@ncsa.uiuc.edu>, 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Fan extension bolt
From: Bill & Skip Pugh <anabil@caltel.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 07:37:42 -0700
The easiest way is to  wedge your long wrench against the frame, and 
hit the starter, spins  that sucker right off  ...

Good Luck


>I used the "rope trick" and an impact wrench to remove this bolt 
>when I was putting in an electric fan a couple of months ago.  A 
>torque wrench with the "rope trick" were used when the shorter 
>extension and bolt were put back in.
>
>Rob
>74 TR6 daily driver
>
>  11:30 PM -0700 8/28/05, Sally or Dick Taylor wrote:
>>  Jim---This bolt does have the right handed thread. Chances are there is
>>some Loctite involved. Sometimes the engine will "turn over" when
>>losening this bolt, so you may need to jar it loose with an impact
>>wrench, OR hold onto the fan extension with a pipe wrench when doing the
>>loosening.


-- 
Bill  Pugh
1957 TR3 TS16765L
aka
Casper
1970 TR6 CC59179L
aka
Rosey
Wallace, CA




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