i have used two different ways, one was we used a tool to hold the flywheel in place and used about a 5ft breaker bar. the other was i borrowed an impact from a local shop and used that.

 

Yes impact or cheater bar/tube over my breaker bar got mine off.

 

Heat them up a little with a torch, but be careful. also a little muscle works too.
Dustin

 

Breaker bar or you can look on vfaq it shows a tool you can make to hold the flywheel still so they are easier to break loose http://www.vfaq.com/mods/clutch-1G.html

 

When we did my clutch, we used a pretty big breaker bar, and we also put a socket on one of the timing gears to keep them from skipping a tooth while we broke the hold that the bolts had. Any other questions feel free to ask.
Dane

 

any one have a good technique to take off the flywheel bolts? they are tighter then hell on there, the stock ones. and even with a breaker bar it doesnt even crack them ?

You must have one wussy breaker bar. Try putting a pipe on the end of that bar to get more leverage. Heat if you need to after that.

 

I used a small punch an poked it through one of the holes on the flywheel and turned the FW till it caught. I dont know if this is a healthy method, but it worked for me. Use a breaker bar with a cheeter and that should do it.

PB Blaster does wonders for stuck bolts

 

impact gun works the best.... stop buying weed and get one....

 

My bolts had about 200lbs of torque on them. I have a decent impact, but it didnt have enough ummph to get the job done. You may be stuck with using some serious elbow grease.

 

And dont forget to use 6 point sockets, if you use 12 point you could strip the bolt

 

^^^^ A+

 

They didn't have 200 ft/lbs on them, they would of broke, you just have a cheap ass impact, if you have a good quality impact that applies at least 500 ft/lbs in reverse you will get them off no problem.

 

196lbs on a craftsman torque wrench, believe it or not buddy. My impact wrench came from the dollar store, I am so sorry

I dont think this guy is going to go out and spend $150 bucks on an impack that has 500lbs of torque. Maybe he could borrow yours?

 

the reason that they seemed that tight is because they probably had dry threads, and loctite on them, i know for a fact that you can't tighten then that tight, i have broken them off before for the hell of it, and it didn't take much more than 130 to snap them.

 

Could have been locktite, had a residue on the threads. I started out at 150lbs on the torque wrench and worked my way up. At 180lbs, i rounded one off with the 6pt I was using . Put a Grip-Rite socket on it and worked my way up to 196lbs. Was a bitch to get off even after soaking with PB for 6 hrs.

Why would u break them off for the hell of it?

 

IT was a 7 bolt that was going to the bone yard. Had a good flywheel with new bolts, i was taking it off, and decided to just break a few off. Got the flywheel off, and experimented on what it takes to break one.

 

when did air tools get so expensive? buy a set and save yourself time and energy

 

heres a cheap ass way to do it ... i use my hydrolic jack under the fw wedged (lifting the engine a litle so putting some tension on the fw so it wont turn ) under one of the starter gear teeth iyts like lifting the engine but just enough to put a load on the fw then use a really strong socket (impact) with a good breakers whrench and a pipe its so easy once the fw is stuck ..:banana:

 

yah i would also say to heat they up sray some wd-40 in it and crank on it!

 

I don't think torches and WD-40 should be used on the same project...

 

^^^^ +1

I swear that had to be the funny thing that I've ever seen...

 

heating the bolts wont do anything but expand them and make it tighter in the threads, for a torch to be effective you would have to heat the crank to make it expand and become lose around the bolt thats lower temperature. thats obviously not an option.
WD-40 or PB blaster wont help a bit either, you cant get it past the flywheel into the threads in the crank,therye not ever rusty - its factory thread lock and years of heating and cooling that sticks them
i'm waiting on someone to suggest smacking them with a hammer to knock them loose,.. dont forget the thrust bearing takes all the hit and that will smash it
just use a breaker bar or impact and good 6 point sockets
if someone broke flywheel bolts at 130 Ft Lbs they must have been junk or overstretched to begin with

 

Use Your Impact And Bump It Forward Real Quick Then Throw That Bitch In Reverse And Take Them Off.
Dustin

 

i used two cheater bars. One on the flywheel bolts, and stuck a 1/2 inch drive socket extension in the crankpully with a cheater on that.

 

hopefully youve gotten them off by now, but another method of holding the flywheel is sticking a prybar in the teeth of the ring gear and lay the flatside of the prybar against the block on top or bottom of the trans locationg dowels, depending on which side, and and use the leverage gained to hold the flywheel. Heres a REALLY BAD quick drawing but you can get the idea, dont ask about the font i used, i said it was quick

EDIT - in the pic, this would be correct for torquing the bolts, to get them loose, you would want the prybar under this dowell, and you would want a slightly longer prybar... good luck