Running out of ideas - need help with flywheel bolts removal

[tmwnn]

i just did mine yeah the inside is the only thing to spin was it a nsk bearing if it was it's the same thing. For some reson also mu clutch tool that came from exedy didn't fit also i just went to advanced auto and bought a 1.99 tool. Modified by cody180sx at 5:35 PM 6/7/2009

Thanks guys yeah I got the bolts off some days ago with a better impact gun...

So is it normal for the clutch alignment tool not to fit ? I was worried that maybe I had messed up the bearing when hammering it in or something....s*** now I don't know what to do. Find 40 bucks to rent the tool and go through that again or just buy another clutch alignment tool....If the aligment tool doesn't slip in doesnt that mean the transmission shaft will have trouble going in as well?

[Wc240]

did you try jiggling it ?

[tmwnn]

did you try jiggling it ?

The clutch aligment tool? Yes. The pilot bearing was pretty well lubed and I tried getting the tool in there but nothing. It would only hold by the tip so it would fall off when I put the clutch over it....not deep enough to support the weight.

I tried forcing it in there and all it did was scratch the alignment tool. I stopped because I didnt want little plastic pieces in there

Going to Autozone and buying a new one is no problem...I just don't want to do everything and then find out that the shaft doesn't fit in either or worse, mount up everything and find a gremlin when I try driving the car

[24j0hn]

did the pilot bearing fit on the alignment tool in the first place?

[tmwnn]

ugh thats the thing. I didn't test out the alignment tool on the pilot bearing before installing it.....since the tool and the bearing both came in the same kit I just assumed it would. Never expected to run into this issue

the tool fits the old bearing perfectly though, because I did test it out before removing the old clutch

[killernoodle]

My brother just got one of these http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog...talog... that tool is sick. It gets off everything our air impact can get off and more. Well worth the money for such a great tool.

Its strong enough to snap wheel studs in half, so its pretty much good enough for anything we can throw at it.

Hell, I just used it today to break loose the giant nuts that hold the CV axles on. It spun them off in less than a second.

[White Comet]

this thread still going? it took me 5 minutes to remove my flywheel bolts with an impact. pneumatic, none of this electric bulls***.

[tmwnn]

this thread still going? it took me 5 minutes to remove my flywheel bolts with an impact. pneumatic, none of this electric bulls***.

I appreciate if you are trying to help out, but reading before replying to a thread doesn't hurt you know

I got the bolts off days ago with an impact. Now I just have another problem with the aligment tool not fitting the pilot bearing and thought I would ask in the same thread instead of making a new one and cluttering up the forum.

But since people don't even read threads anymore I guess I'll just have to make a new one
Modified by tmwnn at 2:32 PM 6/8/2009

[Xj220gt]

when I installed my spec clutch the alignment tool did not want to go in either. I had to force it in and it scratch the plastic a bit, so then I tried it on my old engine (engine swap) and it went in with no problem. So I figured something was wrong with mine also, but in the end I just ended up forcing it in and installing anyways even though it was super hard to take out.

all in all, your alignment should be ok, assuming you can get the tool all the way in. if not, then yeah, autozone.

[tmwnn]

when I installed my spec clutch the alignment tool did not want to go in either. I had to force it in and it scratch the plastic a bit, so then I tried it on my old engine (engine swap) and it went in with no problem. So I figured something was wrong with mine also, but in the end I just ended up forcing it in and installing anyways even though it was super hard to take out.

all in all, your alignment should be ok, assuming you can get the tool all the way in. if not, then yeah, autozone.

Thanks man thats exactly the kind of answer I needed. Even if the tool didn't fit did you run into any issues with the transmission shaft not going into the pilot bearing, or any problems while driving? My biggest concern is if I'll run into s*** when putting the transmission back on, or worse, if I get everything in there and then have to end up taking it down again

[tcan753]

I looked at this website a few days ago for information on the pilot bearing and the problem of getting the flywheel bolts off caught my attention. I hadn't yet realized that there was no longer anything keeping the crankshaft from turning. I was thinking of how to get the flywheel bolts off and a simple idea came to me that may be useful to future inquirers. The front crankshaft pulley nut is torqued almost twice as much as the flywheel bolts. I put a breaker bar with a socket on the front crankshaft pulley nut and set it so it's movement would be blocked by the front suspension as the car is off the ground on blocks at present. Then I put some penetrating oil on all the flywheel bolts and used a twelve point socket on my torque wrench (since I didn't have a second breaker bar) to loosen all the fly wheel bolts. It worked very nicely. This was on an SR20DE in a 92 Infiniti G20. Incidentally the 12 point flywheel bolt heads are 14mm which is almost exactly the same as 9/16 SAE ( 0.55118 vs. 0.5625) but I bought a metric 12 point metric socket set from Harbor Freight for about $10 just to be safe. The front crankshaft pulley nut is bigger than any of my metric sockets but a 1 an 1/16 SAE socket fits it just right. This was an inexpensive and easy solution. Hope this may be of help to someone.