[Spridgets] Torquing bolts & nuts

Ron Soave soavero at yahoo.com
Thu Nov 16 06:25:28 MST 2017


Yes, a wedge in the ring gear teeth as you say. Sometimes even a block of wood in the starter hole will work. If the oil pan is off, a piece of wood jammed between crank counterweight and block is effective as well. 

Ron Soave

> On Nov 15, 2017, at 9:50 PM, Andy Webster via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> Greetings 
> Do you guys have any tricks to stop the engine turning when you torque up say, camshaft retaining nut or flywheel bolts?
> Both of these call for a fair bit of torque, and the engine wants to turn over making it more difficult, especially if you're doing it solo.
> 
> If any of you have a trick for keeping the engine from turning , I'd like to learn of it.
> Can't remember what I did last time..probably had an assistant with a large screwdriver on the ring gear teeth or something.
> Cheers 
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