[Spridgets] Spridgets Digest, Vol 80, Issue 15

[Alex Robertson]

Many years ago, I welded up a tool from some angle iron. I bolt it to the side of the block with 2 bolts. the other side of the tool engages 2 teeth of the ring gear. Then you can torque without problems. Regards from Alex Robertson, Nambour, Australia, 4560.

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Today's Topics:

  1. Torquing bolts & nuts (Andy Webster)
  2. Re: Torquing bolts & nuts (Ron Soave)
  3. Re: Torquing bolts & nuts (Bob Kitterer)
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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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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Take the pan off and put a piece of 2X4 between the crank and the block.

Bob  Kitterer
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On Nov 15, 2017, at 8:50 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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