I managed to remove the nut with the engine still in the frame by pulling
the head and dropping an appropriately-sized block of soft wood, like pine
or fir, in to a couple of cylinders and replacing the head (without the
rocker shaft installed). Then with a socket and breaker bar and a long
piece of pipe for extra leverage, I was able to loosen the nut. Good luck!
Tony Childs
72 Spitfire - FK38809U
64 Spitfire - FC42218L
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Davies <daviesw@ecid.cig.mot.com>
To: Erik Bjorkner <autoxr@zebra.net>
Cc: 'triumphs@autox.team.net' <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, January 22, 1999 4:44 AM
Subject: Re: HELP!! Front crank nut!!
>
>Hi Erik,
> It's definitely a normal right hand thread. I had to replace the front
>seal on my wife's Dolomite 1500 last year (same engine). With the engine
>in the car it's an easy job - appropriate socket on a long tommy bar,
>wedging the bar against the subframe/chassis. Start the engine, and
>switch off when there's a "clang" as the whole lot drops off!
> Sorry I can't help with any ideas for doing this on a stand, but at
>least you know which way the thread goes,
> Cheers,
> Bill.
>
>PS
> It was suggested to me that I'd need to heat the nut, but I didn't
>want to get a torch anywhere near a fitted engine with seals to melt and
>a fuel system primed and waiting!
>
>
>Erik Bjorkner wrote:
>>
>> HELP!!!
>>
>> I am trying to remove the front nut that holds the pulley on at the
>> front of the engine.
>>
>> The engine is a 76 SPIT 1500.
>>
>> I currently have it on a stand so there is no flywheel. I have tried
>> to hold the pulley with a pipe wrench and loosen the 1-7/8" nut with a
>> breaker bar.... Couldn't hold the pipe wrench on... I then attached
>> the engine hoist chain on the crank via the flywheel bolts and I broke
>> the chain.
>>
>> It looks as if the engine rotates clock-wise as looking at it from the
>> front. I am wondering... is this nut a left hand nut? I was assuming
>> it was a right hand but am not sure!?!
>>
>> Do I need to heat it with a torch?? Or attach some flat bar to the
>> crank bolts and wedge it against the engine stand!!
>>
>> HELP!! NEED SUGGESTIONS!!!
>>
>> Getting aggravated fast!!,
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Erik
>
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