so that was a crap-load of fail.

bought the impact wrench as promised.......not a chance. didn't do squat.

tried doing it myself....ended up bending the pulley holder.

how the hell could i have such an easy time with the crankshaft bolt but not these? i wonder what these are torqued to?? a 1000??

 

don't make me come down there. lol.

 

Harbor Freight either didn't have any pulley holders or i couldn't find them (was looking where they are supposed to be).

need a big air impact gun

 

If you can get a pulley holder on the gear and then wedge it against something, you still can't get the cam bolts the crack loose? That's insane! I think the cam bolts are supposed to be 80#, according to the book for the V6. Maybe that's your issue, along with having many miles on the sucker, eh?

Sorry to hear you're having issues with em, man.... It's always something, eh? lol.

 

it builds character Chef.

 

jerry if you pull the valve covers. There should be provisions on the cam for a wrench.. Might be worth a shot. Also.. grab a torch and torch the bolt red hot then cool with pb blaster. Maybe heat and soak a couple times.

 

Hey, does being sick as a dog build character too? I'd feel better just being able to say that! lol.

Surprised, Jerry, that there aren't MULTIPLE threads on Google for "How to break the cam bolts on a 3vze!" lol. Best wishes.

 

hey guys.....ummmmm i gave away my torch.

i just gor done reading this thread VITALY and saw mention of the part on the cam for a wrench but it's a quite large wrench at that.

i've bent the pulley holder.....not sure if it's still usable....but i'm gonna use it until it's not.

Mark...here's a good thread i found.

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...vations-32812/

 

yeah guys, I got his torch. oh did I say don't make me come down there? lol

 

the deed is done.......pics to follow.

 

so here's the newest entry (few nights ago) to the jar of broken tools.
1/2'' to 3/8'' adapter



today's purchase (didn't do the trick) but a good tool to have around, I assume



The OPPONENTS....those 2 little guys holding the wheels in place



this was my bright idea i hatched (don't do this)....i wedged wood to keep the engine from getting pulled down but the bad part is that i anchored to the support and ended up pulling that up....FAIL



so then we hooked it back up to the hoist...well not really....used the hoist arm as my anchor point since i knew i couldn't pull it down.......when i pulled down the engine went up.....FAIL

so then we hooked the motor itself to the hoist...nervous as all hell because i, yet again, have made the motor shift on the stand and up in the air a few times as sideways and i was afraid of snapping the stand (OLD MAN STRENGTH)....so we put the top middle pulley back on and used that to wedge against......BINGO!!!

Much louder CRACK than any other time, in fact the pulley holder went flying and thankfully only hit Joe's wonky fender that i want to replace anyway....good thing it wasn't him or his windshield. for the driver's side just reversed the wedging and tied an extension cord around the pulley tool to absorb the energy and CRACK that one came loose too.

after the 1st one, i was sure we broke something but doubted we got the bolt loose.

Pics

yup...she's bent



the wedging



and the 2 little SOB's

 

Ok, since I know how you are, it's probably a bad idea to paint those pulley.

 

Good deal man, I knew you could do it!!!

 

Old. Man. Strength. FTW!!!!!!

 

and WHY would I not want to paint those???????????


To quote from another thread, I "had to work smarter, not harder". the problem is the pulley holder just kinda gets wedged in there and had a tendency (because it's bent) of falling away.....but i needed to give it a little bounce.

gotta see if i can sig that

 

Way to go old man...

 

What a whonky looking pulley holder.. This is what mine looked like and worked like a charm.

Congrats anyway on getting the nuts off! I too broke a 1/2" to 3/8" adapter too. I just dont think they can handle the kind of torque needed for this job.

 

CONGRATZ, JERRY! Dang, and this is just 1/5th into it, eh? lol..... Hope you don't have any other hiccups when tearing the motor down.... if so, YOU'RE THE MAN TO GET'R'DONE! lol.

Have a nice weekend, ....I'm sick as a dog, so I have to put off my next few projects until next week! Grrr, lol.

Night homie,.....WEST COAST ESE!!! lol.

Mark

 

you know it baby!!

i saw that on-line, wanted like $40 for it.

and yeh....the 3/'8'' stuff is no match for tat kind of torque.


hey....thanks buddy (fellow Old Man...I think). get better fast....maybe some chicken soup eh?

hopefully no more hurdles for this build. actually, so far, so good. kinda thinking it has not been hard at all yet.

 

Maybe I will just keep threatening to come down there, seems to be working so far. lmao.