Man its like you really enjoy the torture, love the positivity and attitude you bring to these videos not to mention how informative they have been to the Cobra community. Ive been loosing my mind just figuring out a belt alignment after replacing my crank pulley. Great video and great sense of humor you got.
The look on your face when you finally got the assembly off was awesome. Hoping not to have to do this job to my Terminator anytime soon, hahah. Great video Malcolm!
Thanks. It did finally get it off, with a lot of fighting and cranking it back and forth and working it out slowly working against those broken threads lol
The last time I took mine off I used a 3 ton jack and a breaker bar. The car was on jack stands for other work so I couldn't use the weight of the car. My son was in the car holding the brakes and it was funny when he jumped when the pulley broke loose. And I have one of those CJ kits on the shelf just in case. :)
It’s amazing how much force is needed to break them loose. This redfire made a large bang when it cracked loose too. At first I thought something broke lol
Oooooo the memories coming rushing back. So you may enjoy/cringe from my story of locking the motor. I think I have already told you this one but put the #1 cylinder at the start of the compression stroke. Feed some soft nylon rope down through the spark plug hole then rotate the engine to "rope lock" that cylinder. Then start pulling. I have always wondered if you could bump the starter to get it off. That's how the Mitsubishi 3000gt was done. Also no fun on the ford lightning.
I have heard of the rope method too but never tried it. As for the starter method, that would work for a regular crank bolt but since the tri-bar is a left hand thread you’d actually be tightening it more. Too bad as that would make things much easier.
I've run into the same issue with the harmonic balancer bolt being stuck, how I resolved the issue was to place a breaker bar on the proper side to loosen the bolt and just bumped the starter. Using the starter as a tool. Do not crank the starter. Where there's a will there's a way.
@@MalcolmV8 I probably should have said set the breaker bar at roughly 4 o'clock or 8 o'clock, depending on which way the engine cranks. Anyway, I hope that helps. I'm going on 58 and started working on my own vehicles because of the lack of money when I was young. Now I do it to keep from getting screwed, so to speak. I certainly know how frustrating it can be.
@@briansutton7764 a left hand thread means the crank would need to spin the opposite direction. You'd need the starter to spin in reverse for it to work. That's why I couldn't use that method.
About to take mine off. Problem is…I removed my brakes to paint them. I planned on putting it in 6th gear and holding the brakes…..So I’ll be getting that tool to lock the flywheel in place so I can take this pulley off. I’m putting a Metco lower on.
I thought going after market gave the possibility of snapping the crank with big blower cars? Because it doesn't have that floating effect all on the crank itself.
@@wilsongarage9888 you are exactly right and that's why I put in the extra effort to make this lower work. However there's only so much I'm willing to fight it lol. If it breaks again we take our chances :)
Man its like you really enjoy the torture, love the positivity and attitude you bring to these videos not to mention how informative they have been to the Cobra community. Ive been loosing my mind just figuring out a belt alignment after replacing my crank pulley. Great video and great sense of humor you got.
Glad you've enjoyed the videos and I appreciate the feedback and kind words :)
I have seen the thread on SVTP but never seen one. Good to see these are still around.
Yeah they're still around :)
The look on your face when you finally got the assembly off was awesome. Hoping not to have to do this job to my Terminator anytime soon, hahah. Great video Malcolm!
:) What a struggle lol you start thinking it's never coming off.
Awesome video as always, thanks Malcolm
You’re welcome and thank you :)
Great videos man. They have been extremely helpful and informative.
Thank you, and that's great to hear.
Nice video and great info as always! Nice to see the big impact and hex got it off!
Thanks. It did finally get it off, with a lot of fighting and cranking it back and forth and working it out slowly working against those broken threads lol
GREAT VIDEO
😎
I’ve got to replace my stock 1 , I’m still a Eaton car ..
you got a bad shoulder too
😂😂😂😂😂
Thanks and yes shoulder is work in progress 😂 yours should come apart a lot easier with the Eaton.
The last time I took mine off I used a 3 ton jack and a breaker bar. The car was on jack stands for other work so I couldn't use the weight of the car. My son was in the car holding the brakes and it was funny when he jumped when the pulley broke loose.
And I have one of those CJ kits on the shelf just in case. :)
It’s amazing how much force is needed to break them loose. This redfire made a large bang when it cracked loose too. At first I thought something broke lol
Oooooo the memories coming rushing back. So you may enjoy/cringe from my story of locking the motor. I think I have already told you this one but put the #1 cylinder at the start of the compression stroke. Feed some soft nylon rope down through the spark plug hole then rotate the engine to "rope lock" that cylinder. Then start pulling. I have always wondered if you could bump the starter to get it off. That's how the Mitsubishi 3000gt was done. Also no fun on the ford lightning.
I have heard of the rope method too but never tried it. As for the starter method, that would work for a regular crank bolt but since the tri-bar is a left hand thread you’d actually be tightening it more. Too bad as that would make things much easier.
I've run into the same issue with the harmonic balancer bolt being stuck, how I resolved the issue was to place a breaker bar on the proper side to loosen the bolt and just bumped the starter. Using the starter as a tool. Do not crank the starter. Where there's a will there's a way.
The problem here though is the pulley has left hand threads so the starter bump would actually be tightening on even more.
@@MalcolmV8 You should be able to flip the breaker bar the opposite direction.
@@MalcolmV8 I probably should have said set the breaker bar at roughly 4 o'clock or 8 o'clock, depending on which way the engine cranks. Anyway, I hope that helps. I'm going on 58 and started working on my own vehicles because of the lack of money when I was young. Now I do it to keep from getting screwed, so to speak. I certainly know how frustrating it can be.
@@briansutton7764 a left hand thread means the crank would need to spin the opposite direction. You'd need the starter to spin in reverse for it to work. That's why I couldn't use that method.
@@MalcolmV8 Think about what I'm saying, it doesn't matter which way the engine cranks. I'll just leave it there.
My stock crank pulley once broke omg it was a pain to take off I had to use a torch to heat it because I couldn’t break it loose!
I feel you pain lol. They are such a pain.
About to take mine off. Problem is…I removed my brakes to paint them. I planned on putting it in 6th gear and holding the brakes…..So I’ll be getting that tool to lock the flywheel in place so I can take this pulley off. I’m putting a Metco lower on.
The flywheel holder tool should work great. I usually like that method when doing clutch jobs and have the trans out.
When my lower eventually goes I'll be doing an aftermarket one, such a headache lol
Agreed that’s what I did on the zinc already. If this new setup fails again it’s done lol
Warped my center section taking mine off
Dang, I can see that though. Was it too much heat?
@@MalcolmV8 honestly I think it was just sooo much torque required to get it off. I’ve seen several do it. Guess it’s a metco setup from here on out
I can see that. Once those threads are done it’s a nightmare
Point taken, go aftermarket lol
Lol yeah it’s a labor of love trying to keep the stock style lowers in these cars.
@@MalcolmV8 indeed, just take the easy way for the next one man. No need to keep alive an obsolete system
I thought going after market gave the possibility of snapping the crank with big blower cars? Because it doesn't have that floating effect all on the crank itself.
@@wilsongarage9888 you are exactly right and that's why I put in the extra effort to make this lower work. However there's only so much I'm willing to fight it lol. If it breaks again we take our chances :)