doin timing belt this weekend is the crank bolt left hand or right hand thread?

 

Regular thread, righty tighty, lefty loosy.

 

if it's an auto you will need a specail tool...if it's a stick put i in 5th gear and try to lossen the bolt

 

and make SURE you use a new bolt and torque to proper torque spec (217 ft lbs IIRC)

 

the 3.0L you torque it to 189ft lbs

 

Different engines have different specs. The 5VZFE crank bolt spec is 217 ft-lbs, I'd even use locktite. Use a torque wrench, don't assume an impact wrench will be tight enough.

 

Yep what he said.

Aaron

 

thanks everyone much appreciated

 

Or just use the starter

 

That may work for loosing the bolt, but not tighting it.

Here's what I made to hold it:

 

I think I'm hooped. I had a large breaker bar with 2 feet of pipe on the end of it. I still could not break the bolt free. I was flexing the bar and thought something was going to break or maybe it was left hand thread. Now I know that it is right hand for sure. I'll lean on it untill it comes free or something breaks.
Roger

 

Crank the motor with the wire off the coil and the wrench under the passenger side frame rail.

 

I used a 2inch by 3 ft steel channel. Drilled 3 holes and braced it on the frame rail. First time I did it I took apart my gorilla rack for the steel supports. It all worked. I just reused my bolt. Figured that the dealership does and don't hear of too many of the crank bolts falling out. I did loctite the bolt just to make sure. I figure 217 ft lbs isn't coming off soon but who knows.
Kevin

 

i just finished my oil pump on a '96...serious problems getting the crank bolt out...princess auto and got a disposable 3/4 drive ratchet...the great canadian tire and bought a $20 chain wrench (vise grips with chain) a 19mm socket and short extension and one final piece of alum. tube as a "persuader" and off it came...absolutely a right hand thread...

 

We have been lucky at the shop and the Ingersol Rand 2135TiMAX 1/2" drive impact usually walks them right off. If you don't have a compressor, then these home made tools are the hot ticket!

 

There's a "rope trick" popular with old Volvo DIY'ers. It involves feeding a length of rope down your plug hole.

http://www.brickboard.com/RWD/volvo/...ope_trick.html


I've never tried it myself--just sounds too fishy--and not sure it would work on these engines.

 

That sounds like a great way to get grit in the combustion chamber. I've heard of it before, and not on my Toyota.