WOT: 93 Colt Timing Belt Help

[dacoyote]

I got a 93 colt... and the timing belt broke.

I got it all the way tore down... right untill it's time to get the pully of the crankshaft. I cannot get it off for the life of me... tired my impact wrench... tried my pulled.... all I have done now is mess up the pulley some.

Anyone got insight on how to get this stupid thing off before I break something more.

Please let me know if anyone wants pictures or the like.....

Thanks

Charles

[632 Regal]

youll probably need to lock the flywheel and use a long breaker bar to loosen the center nut (i think thats what your referring to) your using a big 6 point socket?

[kyleN20]

are you talking about the nut? or are you talking about the actual pully/harmonic balancer. when we just did my friends civic, we dident even have to lock down the pully, we just shocked it with a nice impact, lots of ft/lbs. now if your talking about the pully i would suggest getting som nice anticrosive spray, wd-40, ect, but i think "kroil" is the best stuff you can buy. then spray the area down after you have the bolt out, and that ought to make it alot easier. we had this problem on the same friends 95 lhs, we just had to keep at it, i think we went through 2 pullers, ended up snapping the side of the pully on the off, the little side guide to keep the belt on track, but dident seem to matter, thing ran like a top.

hope i helped a bit

[dacoyote]

It's the accessory pulley... outside of the timing belt cover…. after doing some more reading it looks like it screws off... I just wanta confirm that before keep on wailing on it like that on… a couple sites talk about how big of a pita it is... I guess I need to get out the pb blaster...

[kyleN20]

yeah, id say just hit that thing with a real good impact gun. if not go ahead and put 2 socket extensions in those holes, then put a breaker between the two, then hit it and the thing wont spin.

[dacoyote]

yeah, id say just hit that thing with a real good impact gun. if not go ahead and put 2 socket extensions in those holes, then put a breaker between the two, then hit it and the thing wont spin.

I got a nice dewalt one... all it was doing was shaving the nut...

I will have to find my breaker bars and give it a go...

[kyleN20]

wait, are you talking electric impact? iv never know those to be very strong, i thought we were talking air tools, and if its chaving it, id doubt you have the right size, you might be using metric when it needs standard, or the oppisot.

[dacoyote]

wait, are you talking electric impact? iv never know those to be very strong, i thought we were talking air tools, and if its chaving it, id doubt you have the right size, you might be using metric when it needs standard, or the oppisot.

Yeah... it only does 345 ft-lbs... It's enough to do alot of things..... I will check the sizing agian... I am almost sure it's SAE....

Guess I will get out the breakers bars....

[gale]

I just did the timing belt on a Toyota a few weeks ago. I braced the end of the breaker bar up against the frame rail and bumped the starter & the crank bolt spun off just that easy.

[kyleN20]

what the hell is a colt anyways, is that a plymoth?

[dacoyote]

what the hell is a colt anyways, is that a plymoth?


Yeah... it's a plymoth.... its also God's way of telling me to stop buying old bastard cars....

It's a mitsubishi engine... on a dodge frame.....

http://www.repairmanual.com/images/4/CH20342t.jpg

It's even that color...

[Bill R.]

the 1.5 or the 1.8... either way its not that tight and you should be able to get it off. I'm usually able to get them loose by using a 1/2 ratchet and smacking it with a hammer to shock them loose, or if i can't get it loose like that then you remove the starter or the trans access plate and hold one of the flywheel teeth while you break the bolt loose. Or if all else fails you can do like Gale did and brace the breaker bar against the frame somewhere and tap the key to spin the motor over and loosen the bolt... this is a last resort and you have to make sure that the engine spins in the right direction when you spin it with the starter.. there are a number of cars that i've run into the spin counterclockwise rather than clockwise such as a number of honda's of various years.



Yeah... it's a plymoth.... its also God's way of telling me to stop buying old bastard cars....

It's a mitsubishi engine... on a dodge frame.....

http://www.repairmanual.com/images/4/CH20342t.jpg

It's even that color...

[dacoyote]

.....or if i can't get it loose like that then you remove the starter or the trans access plate and hold one of the flywheel teeth while you break the bolt loose.

And thats why I ask on here...

Don't know where that access plate is but it would work.... I just bought the childon's book for it... nothing like a 40 dollar belt repair now costing more then a shop would have charged in tools....

I would have to check but I am 99% sure the car spins backwords....

[Bill R.]

I thought i would weld one up out of old breaker bars... (http://www.eastwoodco.com/jump.jsp?itemID=11129&itemType=PRODUCT)



And thats why I ask on here...

Don't know where that access plate is but it would work.... I just bought the childon's book for it... nothing like a 40 dollar belt repair now costing more then a shop would have charged in tools....

I would have to check but I am 99% sure the car spins backwords....

[dacoyote]

I thought i would weld one up out of old breaker bars... (http://www.eastwoodco.com/jump.jsp?itemID=11129&itemType=PRODUCT)

Nice....