Rattle guns

[John Abbott]

Thought of that to Jeff But checked the workshop manual just to be sure. Got a rattle gun from Merlin so will try that out tomorrow.

[SkippyThBushKangeroo]

It wouldn't be a left hand thread would it?

          this passed through my mind as well jonno...  seem to recall that possibility   somewhere in the past with my battle of the bolts..... i would verify that either way mate...

[John Abbott]

Well i managed to get the Crank bolt finally undone. The little bugger was on so tight that not even Merlins rattle gun would budge it .    i had made up a little gadget to stop the motor turning which would bolt into the hole where the starter motor went and grab the ring gear but this was not enough. So i welded an old extension lever to the aircon pulley (This was able to be unbolted from the main pulley) and braced this up against the chassis. The last thing was a socket welded to a big arsed solid bar. I already had welded a socket for another job on it. So after putting everthing in place the bolt cracked straight away...

[Rogerfied]

 John

well done, you must be happy with your result, just imagine if you never owned a Bedford you probably would have given up.

cheers Rogerfied

[John Abbott]

Yep pretty happy...All that bloody effort to replace a small oil seal that cost $19.00    So far i have done 2 commodore and 1 ford crankbolt removals. The worst of all was the vn commy. Ridiculously tight!!!!

[Dano]

hey johnno can you do my rear main seal you'd be good at it.....only take you 5 min....

[John Abbott]

Get angry with it Dano 

[Rogerfied]

John

if you used a bar and the starter motor to budge the crank bolt it will pay to check the engine mounts as they might have partially torn if you got carried away in the moment of success     

cheers Rogerfied

[John Abbott]

Good thought Rodge. I will have to check that out