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Okay, so I went to replace my t-chain and guides this weekend, just preventative maintenance as the guides hadn't broken yet, and couldn't get the damn crank bolt out. Had everything tore down to there. Also, before I hear the put a breaker bar against the frame and crank the engine, I'll tell you what me and the old man tried. Lots of penetrating oil, long breaker bar, no worky, 640 ft lb impact wrench, no worky, tried another impact, no worky, then had me pushing on the socket with an extension and breaker bar with my foot through the front grill (radiator out) and my dad hitting the breaker bar w/ a 5lb sledge. We honestly worked on that damn bolt for probably 4-5 hours and absolutely not a budge. So I said fuck it, put it back together and I'll address when/if the guides break.
So my question is, any secret to getting that damn bolt out? Can you use heat? If we tried the frame/breaker bar trick, and it didn't work, wouldn't it fawk up some shit on the crank? We were convinced that all we did would break it loose and were reluctant to try the frame trick. So any ideas ya'all?
Also, I believe these are the original guides on 155K miles. If this is going to be a mostly trail only rig, do you see them breaking anytime soon? I know this is purely speculative, but I was wondering when people have usually seen them break.
Ok, rant off. Thanks for the help and comments on my t-chain post and thanks for comments on this one fellas!!
On a lighter note, got my LCE header on, went on no problems, no broken studs and fit like a virgin!! :cool2:
So my question is, any secret to getting that damn bolt out? Can you use heat? If we tried the frame/breaker bar trick, and it didn't work, wouldn't it fawk up some shit on the crank? We were convinced that all we did would break it loose and were reluctant to try the frame trick. So any ideas ya'all?
Also, I believe these are the original guides on 155K miles. If this is going to be a mostly trail only rig, do you see them breaking anytime soon? I know this is purely speculative, but I was wondering when people have usually seen them break.
Ok, rant off. Thanks for the help and comments on my t-chain post and thanks for comments on this one fellas!!