^I TOLD YOU AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! no i doubt a bolt retraction kit will work and gettin this bolt out is a BIOTCH. Drill it out with GOOD drill bits and make sure you drill straight in order to NOT damage the threads. Use a small bit first and slowly work your way up. GOOD LUCK I FEEL YOUR PAIN02mingreyGT said:Well whatever you do please god dont snap that bolt off in the crank or else your problems will be MUCH more serious........kinda like MINE CLICK HERE!!
Tylerb59 said:Installed mine today, here are some notes and things to consider:
* Put the car in 5th gear, you don't need to jack up the car, although its great if you can and keep everything level. I managed to proceed on a level surface in my garage.
* Make sure you take note of the belt routing, it comes in handy later.
* You're going to need an impact wrench to take the alternator off, since it's on a rotating base. The impact wrench will basically 'jerk' it suddenly with a force of torque. It's not that its on particularly tight, just impossible to loosen / tighten without a impact wrench.
- Same reason you need an impact wrench for an automatic vehicle (crank bolt). There is no 5th gear to help prevent the bolt from spinning, unless you stuck a wrench in the torque convertor.
* Spray some thread penetrate on the crank bolt and come back 10 minutes later if you're using a breaker bar. I was able to get the crank bolt off with just a 1/2'' drive breaker bar with a bit of thrust. I used my legs quite a bit to get it done, but it really wasn't too bad, it only took a few pulls and less then 5 mins. It always helps if you have a breaker bar + a cheater (just random tubing which goes over the breaker to give more length and thus more leverage). Although again, impact wrench is the optimal route for this. I have an electric wrench and it was to big (even after removing my radiator fan) to fit and not enough clearence.
* If you're going to use an breaker bar for the crank, you're probably going to have to end up removing the upper radiator hose. Make sure you have plenty of towels underneath the car (if the radiator is full), as well as a bucket to catch the spill. When your car is cold, use a vice grip to pull off the hose, to give you more room to turn your breaker bar. This would also be a good time to drain and flush your raditator. My fluid was a bit yellow in color.
* You're going to need a harmonic balancer pulley puller from Schucks / Checker / Napa / Sears. Mine cost $15, and some how I broke the stupid thing, leaving the bolts snapped into and broken in half in the pulley. Basically I was dead in the water until I figured out a way to use my tire iron (supplied with your spare tire and jack) as a sort of crow bar to eventually pry the pulley off, since I wasn't able to use a puller anymore and really in a bad situation.
If you need to pry the sucker off, do it. Just be careful and work it slowly back and forth so you're not damaging the timing cover (I scratched mine a little). It'll nudge ever so slightly, but this is one way to get the pulley off. But maybe I was just lucky. I wouldn't suggest this method, but if worst comes to worst it's possible. I think I'd be a little concerned the whole prying action to bend the little housing to the crank / oil seal.
* After everything is removed, the rest of the installation is a breeze really. I used the Steeda supplied *longer* bolt to push the new pulley in about 75% with the stock washer then switched back the stock crank bolt to its final resting location and being torqued down.
* I was able to do this all myself, without any assistance including re installing the belt and routing it. Although I've done this to many other cars several times, it just takes a little practice to know how to use the tensioner belt to your advantage.
* Double, triple check your belt routing is in place correctly and the belt grooves fit into place with the pulleys.
* Put everything back together, fire up the car and hope you put everything on correctly.Now go enjoy your new mod.
My pullies felt like it woke the car up slightly on the upper rpms, but I did feel a little difference in the power. Nothing major, but ever little thing helps in the end.
CottonBurnerz said:However, did you boil the crank pulley and the new pulley in the water at all? I read that on mustangworld.com and they boil those pulleys to get it to fit. They use march pulley though, not steeda.
CottonBurnerz said:Thanks again for the write-up. Oh and did you put the silicone sealant into the key thing on the crank pulley?
Its kinda funny that you would ask me that but i get my car back todya FINALLY after one whole month to the day without having it. Ive already forgotten what my exhaust sounds likeBullittStangV8 said:did you ever get the bolt out? i was reading your other thread..
Mike
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