crankshaft pulley Nut
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lol.. sorry i meant to say 32m wont fit..
And whats meant by locktab folded back?

Behind the Crank pulley bolt there is a locktab, a thin washer that can be folded up against the bolt to prevent it coming undone, if present this needs be folded back.

If it is folded up against the bolt it can stop the socket going on.

Just got round to doing this bolt lol
The 32mm wont work, as its smaller then 1-5/16.
so i just got a 1-5/16 :)
I cant see any washer folded up towards the bolt.
ive put it into 4th gear and tryed taking the nut of, with all my musles lol, but cant get the damm thing off :(
Its stuck on ... what shall i do, or am i being a Noob and doing something wrong ? helpppppp plzz :)

feel all round the nut to make sure no bits of lock tab are still present .if not .. its all down to muscle power ... a long bar and plenty of brut strength is required. someone standing on the brakes will its in gear might help

Everyone knows that instructions only have to be read if the thing doesn't work....

Got it off :)
But cant slide it off.. will i have to take the gearbox mount off, or should i jack it up higher ? or that not good idea thanks

i remember reading that a dab on the starter should get it undone anyone tryed that?

you should be able to wiggle it off, its a tight fit, but it can be done (on the ones ive done anyway)

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

"did you know you can toast potato waffles?"

Just got some wood and taped it off.
My cam is a rubber belt drive.
how many miles is it till u have to change it. plus it has greace round it. i know thats normal for a chain, but is that normal for rubber belt drive.
Looks like im gonna have to take the gear box mount off from the car, as for the life of me i cant line up the 2 holes on the gearbox mount, i got the top one in, but the other end wont line up, and the bottom one is way off :( tried pulling the engine over with bit of wood, but not go. anyone come across this and was able to sort it ? thanks

anyone :)

oil kills belts, so get it changed before it snaps :) as for the mounts, just persevere.

turbo 16v k-series 11.9@118.9 :)

Denis O'Brien.

engine mounts can be a nightmare, welding the nuts on before hand can help, but only if theyre carefully lined up, the last 'captve' nut mount i got from minispares didnt, meant i had to elongate a hole in the subby to get them in.

have fun!!

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

"did you know you can toast potato waffles?"

How did the oil get there in the first place ?

the nuts have been welden on the back :). can only get the top bolt on.
But not the bottom.... not sure what to do. its hard to move the engine over abit. :(

The last time I change my clutch oil seal, it took two long crowbars to get the engine mount to line up, one pushing it sideways, the other pushing it down.

You're going to have to get some levers in there.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

ive had to 'press' engines into the subframe (with ratchet straps/mate stood on engine) due to misaligned 'captive' nuts.

a royal pita!!

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

"did you know you can toast potato waffles?"

The reason I always use genuine mounts .... never had a problem with them.

I don't like the captive nut mounts for lots of reasons but the main one is that if they loosen you loose the bolt and all location! With the genuine mounts and the bolts dropped in from the top then if they loosen the nut falls of but the bolts still locate.

Every day is a school day ...........

How fast and how expensive ...... the same question...

roger, i know what you mean.
my dad had them on his mini.
If i cant get them lined up, do u think i could change the mounts ? plus, what are What are levers ?