Not exactly a Porsche, but a friend raced a Mazda R100 Sport Sedan for
some years, remember that the flywheel nut went on in the same style,
high tensile socket with a long bar, least 10', it was a fairly
infrequent task, can't remember how we got them off though, I *think* we
has a special rig to lock the flywheel. This was always done with the
engine in-situ though, a bit more difficult if the engine is on the
floor.....
Later,
Steve Gibson
David Laver wrote:
>
> Tom,
>
> I've seen one being put on and it was a right hand thread but very very very
> tight. He had a special socket, a super tough bar, a big extension and jumped
> on the end of it. It was body weight at about four feet if you want to do the
> sums. He wanted to use a torque wrench but the correct one to read that far
> was a lot of money. He also had a special frame to bolt the engine to to hold
> it still while all this went on.
>
> Not sure how he gets them undone again. If you want an expert to talk to one
> is Bill at Dakota Classics in Greenwich, London.
>
> David
>
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