Crankshaft pulley holder tool

[solitaire]

Hi all,

In need of one of these, Mark is kindly checking Toyota but I would like to have a backup if that is a no go - i don't want to flick the starter as i have read horror stories about stuff breaking.

Anyone know of a please that sell these? Trying to do up the bolt to the right torque

Cheers

Dave

[Dell'Orto]

If you've got a welder and have a bit of steel lying around its not hard to make one...I did for my 3SGTE crank pulley.

[DeeCee]

This is the one I built:

[KE20]

i put a giant screw driver against the flywheel in the teeth and that seems to hold it fine.

[ee904age]

Not going to help you with the engine in the car but in the past I've bolted a short length of chain from a bellhousing bolt to clutch pressure plate (gearbox off obviously).

[fangsport]

Not going to help you with the engine in the car but in the past I've bolted a short length of chain from a bellhousing bolt to clutch pressure plate (gearbox off obviously).

i have a few slotted and cranked bits of plate for removing flywheels.
the factory Toyota lifting hooks work well !!

[solitaire]

Have not got the time or raw materials to build a tool for this, the wife has spat the dummy - wants me to "just sort it, spend a couple of hundred and get it done"

so - I could buy a tool to hold the crank $160.

Or I could buy a air ratchet impact gun thing, a proper one that will do it up easily tight enough (181ftpnd) for a bit more.

Question is: will a decent air ratchet do the job? (providing air compressor is up to scratch)

[Grrrrrrr!]

If the sump isn't on the motor yet, jam a wooden/plastic handle from a hammer or whatever between the crank and the block to stop crank from turning. If the sump is on, have you got enough threebond to redo it?

[phoenix]

Remove inspection cover to gain access to the flex plate, jam large flathead screwdriver into gear and against bell housing while you tighten crank bolt.

[Mr Revhead]

You don't really want to do it up with a rattle gun. How do you know how tight it is?
Can see you pinging off the head!

[solitaire]

Engine is in car unfortunately, i tried the inspection cover but im loathed to do it with 181ftpnds and having the torque converter just behind it, ive dodged one bullet already on this - so the ratchet is a no go is that right?

[Mr Revhead]

This is why you should never buy an auto

[neo]

I done up a few with the rattlegun, nothing has ever snapped or come off...
I have a decent rattlegun however, and I always locktite the bolt.

[limbo]

The easiest way I know how to do it is to remove the starter motor, on my car takes about 30-60min, then I used an old big end bearing with the ends fitted nicely against the fly wheel teeth with the round side nicely jammed against the bell housing.

Then I used a torque wrench to tighten the bolt, I had to hire one for like $20 as I didnt have one that went up to 265N.m, hired torque wrenches are also calibrated regularly so that is a bonus. 265N.m is a serious amount of torque so I wouldnt play about with rattle guns or guess work.

The whole job should take about 1 to 2 hours with most of that work removing and installing the starter motor.

You have already spent much longer thinking about it so just get out there and do it

[solitaire]

Getting at the starter motor is a prick of a job on a 1uz as far as i can tell.

So consensus is sst and torque it up?

I really dont want to risk breaking anything, had a really near miss and just want to do it right and have my reliable old celsior back!

[Bling]

SST if you can't rangi something up to do the same job. DeeCee had a perfect example of a simple alternative to the SST that works and won't do any damage. Do you have an image of the SST required?

[phoenix]

Removing the starter to jam the ring gear will achieve the same as going through the inspection cover (except taking a hell of a lot longer)

It sounds like you're set on locking the pulley though, so are any of the people who've rangi'd one up in your vicinity?

[Dell'Orto]

If the spending advisor has given the go ahead to spend money I'd just take it to a mechanic and make it their problem

[Lloyd]

You don't really want to do it up with a rattle gun. How do you know how tight it is?

Spoken like a true parts guy

The rattle gun really only has 2 setting: Tight enough and undo



Get in behind the cover and use a lever bar/whatever to lock up the converter. Worst case just buy some loctite and do it up to however tight you can.

[solitaire]

If the spending advisor has given the go ahead to spend money I'd just take it to a mechanic and make it their problem

Thing is if I take it to a garage all they will do is do it up with a rattle gun... 50% of the reason i do this stuff myself is because I have never found a trustworthy mechanic who actually does it properly - they forget stuff or do it up too tight or forget to connect something... its a hassle - not as much of a hassle as this mind you - will get them to do the big stuff in future.

was hoping to justify a new rattle gun but if thats not the way to do it ill get the sst - it will take me 4 hours to get the raw materials and cut and weld a diy version anyway so i may as well buy it.

Cheers for the advice as always mate