is there anyway to lock a cossie flywheel with the engine out and HOW

cheers

 

Flywheel locking tool. About Ł5 from any tool supplier.

 

stu any links, im looking at machince mart now

thanks for the help

 

Remove plugs.

Fill cylinders with water.

Replace plugs.

That should hold it

Neil.

 

I normally just put a screwdriver through the starter bolt hole and another onto the flywheel.

two man job doing it like that though.

 

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/product.asp?p=040210258

will that help to totally lock it as the bolt is tight as fook

 

 

I have on old inlet valve with the stem bent at 90 degrees (you'll need to heat it to do this).
The stem sits in a block bolt hole, the edge of the valve head then engages with the ring gear.
Made this in about 1976 and have used it ever since.

 

When removing the flywheel bolts i normally just give the ratchet a whack with the hammer without locking it the flywheel at all and that has worked every time for me

 

use an old main bearing....


fits the theeth of the starter ring and the start hole a treat!

Alex

 

thats what a mechanic here said to do

problem is all my valves are in the head and i dont think removing the head gasket and taking a valve out to bend it is a good idea

spadge thats a good point but its the bottom pull bolt that is tight as fook


mains bearing again comes under rebuilding a engine to take the bottom pully off


snap-on dont even do what stu shown on display


HELLLLLLLLLLLP

 

Its a "Lazer" tool Ginge, try searching for them. Most car accessory shops sell, em, cheap and chearfull crap but damn usefull.

 

off to call halfords now

cheers again everyone, even spadge for the flywheel bolt advice as thats gonna be the next topic i can tell

 

http://www.lasertools.co.uk/item.aspx?item=907

thats the one yeah stu

 

Actually no, but im sure it will work.
Look at my pic carefully and you will see the one i use at the bottom of teh flywheel

 

if you use an electric wazz gun, you won't need it

 

if the electric wazz gun dont work i want a backup plan, besides ive got no cams on the car so all thats gonna happen is its gona spin at 10krpm

 

not with the type that i am talking about it won't. basically, when you pull the trigger something inside spins up until it has a load of momentum. it is then released onto the output shaft with such a whack that it shocks the bolt undone. takes a few goes, but it works.

there are 2 types of wazz gun, maybe the one that you will try is the other type that will just try and turn the nut/bolt at the same time as shocking it. either way, with the inertia of the flywheel and the friction of the pistons and stuff, the crank will probably not turn.

 

when I fitted my clutch and flywheel, I used a screwdriver through ther starter hole on to the teeth of the flywheel

did it myself aswell, no second pair of hands

 

if i lock the flywheel then i know its not gonna turn

btw how do i dont i aint gonna end up with a broken thumb like what happened to my missus last night

cant have 2 of us injured

 

I use what Nick is on about, can do it with the crank out of the car and don't have to hold it still, called an impact gun.

Also useful for tkaing final drives off diffs when holding them by hand!

 

To be fair, although an impact ratchet "Can" work, he will still need a locking device or method to put it back on to 200NM if its done out of teh car.

 

dave the clutch as already been fitted, that was easy

its the bottom pully bolt thats being a cunt

gonna zap it and try a flywheel locking tool

if not is there anotherway to remove the cambelt and fit a new one

 

I always do the final tightening in the car TBH

 

Stu @ M Developments good point stu, but he'll have to cross that bridge if he gets to it in one piece

 

Thanksfully i dont, as that would mean i had to fit em all as well as build em.. fook that.

 

I just leave it undone and put a postit note on the cam cover saying "remember to torque bottom pulley after fitting" to remind myself.

Are you saying you wouldnt trust your customers to do that properly?

 

chip i will do that, just need to take it OFF first

 

Yes.

 

Remove the tool prior to refitting the gear box!!

 

 

Any joy with it yet then Ginge?

 

screw a bolt into one of the top bellhousing holes, pop a wooden wedge inbetween the flywheel and the bolt, and as you undo the bottom pulley bolt itll feed the wedge in the gap and lock it.

 

cant do it today as CSI is on

no car work on tuesday