I'm trying to change my inner belt on my 2004 cobra and I can't remove the lower auxiliary crank pulley.
I know it's left-hand thread. I have the car in 6th and e-brake pulled all the way.
The problem is all of my tools break before the bolt loosens. So far I've broken 2 one-piece forged sockets, on my 5ft breaker bar I've broken the head (head sheared right off the bar) and on my 3ft breaker bar I added ~10ft. of pipe extension and ended up bending the breaker bar.
And the #@$#@ auxillary crank pulley is still on tight.
WTF do I need to do - remove the radiator and smash it with a 2000ft-lb impact gun???
If it matters the car has ~225k miles on it and has never had the lower off....
edit: I havn't tried smashing the breaker bar with a 5lb mini-sledge yet ... some posts suggests shocking it will do the trick ... let's see tomorrow....
I know it's left-hand thread. I have the car in 6th and e-brake pulled all the way.
The problem is all of my tools break before the bolt loosens. So far I've broken 2 one-piece forged sockets, on my 5ft breaker bar I've broken the head (head sheared right off the bar) and on my 3ft breaker bar I added ~10ft. of pipe extension and ended up bending the breaker bar.
And the #@$#@ auxillary crank pulley is still on tight.
WTF do I need to do - remove the radiator and smash it with a 2000ft-lb impact gun???
If it matters the car has ~225k miles on it and has never had the lower off....
edit: I havn't tried smashing the breaker bar with a 5lb mini-sledge yet ... some posts suggests shocking it will do the trick ... let's see tomorrow....
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