[Healeys] Ring Gear/Flywheel Removal

[Larry Wendland]

Ed,  You do it in the reverse order with a "Calibrated" hammer.  Wink
Wink
Actually a wrench can be put on the big nut on the front crankshaft
pulley and the wrench in turn against an immovable object or surface.
Then a torque wrench can be used on the flywheel bolts when
reinstalling.  Or one can take out one of the spark plugs and thread a
length of rope long enough to fill the cylinder with the piston at
bottom dead center leaving a length of rope sticking out of the spark
plug hole in order to be able to remove the rope when finished.  When
the crank is turned, the piston will compress the rope and in turn stop
the crank from turning.  This could have been used to remove the bolts
also.  I didn't think of it till after sending my original reply.

Larry
'67 BJ8


-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Kaler <shop at justbrits.com>
Cc: Healey List <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tue, Jul 8, 2014 3:37 pm
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Ring Gear/Flywheel Removal


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One esteemed gent penned:
<quote>
If you can get a pry bar in there, try locking it against two nuts and
push in
opposite rotation
to the the nut you are unscrewing.
</quote>

And another (very) esteemed gent penned:
<quote>
I think the easiest way to lock the flywheel is to jam a suitably sized
piece of
steel or even
long socket between a ring gear tooth and a bolt in one of the starter
bolt
holes.
</quote>

And a third esteemed gent penned:
<quote>
Use a heavy hammer to strike the opposite end of a box end wrench with
heavy
blows.
The box end being on the bolt head of course.

The shock of the blow should loosen the bolts.
</quote>

Now I want to REALLY "learn" just HOW you'll are gonna TIGHTEN the NEW
(Lord,
I hope] bolts EVENLY (torqued) ? ? ? ? ?

er, or doesn't anybody care if one shears off whilst driving down the
road ? ?

Ed
" Just Brits "
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