Originally posted by posthuman63t:
Yes, left. Tried the whole leverage thing. Myself and another guy keeping the block steady and my buddy "big ryan" on the breaker bar trying to get it loose. (he's 6'7" 340lbs) and that didn't work.
Thats Dumb (left I mean).
The Taurus dampers have a Right Hand thread to loosen the damper bolt cover (you obviously cut the extender shaft off). Then the inside damper retaining bolt is left hand thread.
Get a pipe wrench on that thing and pull on it while someone locks up the flywheel. Get a big pipewrench!
Worse case take a die grinder and notch the edge of the damper where the bolt cover threads into the center. cut it like a piece of pie and it will then release the friction and come out easy. Don't go more than say 3/8" deep so you stay away from the crank. This won't hurt the crank as long as you don't cut into it.
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