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I've never had a problem getting them off using a penatrating oil and an air wrench; however, I was a bit worried about how I was going to torque it properly when replacing it. Pb Blaster worked best for me. Joe -----Original Message----- From: Russ wolfe [mailto:russella@prairieinet.net] Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 11:23 AM To: Type 3 Mailing List Subject: Re: [T3] automatic drive plate lock On Fri, 2003-01-31 at 09:47, Jim Adney wrote: > On 31 Jan 2003 at 7:37, Vlach, Joe -CKHS wrote: > > > That's the logical answer...but is the torque a specific setting. That is, > > is it just you'd better get it tight? > > I think 225 is the "official" number, but there's clearly some latitude around > there. Too loose is an obvious problem, but too tight can also strip out the > threads. If you ruin your crank at this point that will really "make" your day. > > There ARE other good solutions to this problem. I use a long piece of angle > iron which has 2 holes drilled in it to match to 2 of the drive plate holes. > It's about 8' long and I just let the other end push against the floor. That > works fine. > I ran into this the other day takeing the flywheel off my '66 engine. Had the flywheel locked (with the proper tool) Tried using my 3ft 3/4 drive breaker to break it loose. Wouldnt budge. Tried both of my impact wrenches, and they wouldn't break it loose. Had my wife come out to help me hold the engine down, and put a cheater pipe on the end of the breaker bar. It finally came loose. I calculated the torque required to break it loose. 5ft bar with my 250 lbs on the end. I think that comes out to about 1250 ft lbs. There is going to be some "inertia" friction involved, but that would be close. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/