How to tighten crank bolt?

[Russell]

How do you tighten the crank bolt? The car tries to move foward when I try to tighten the crank bolt on my Mazda even with it in gear and the parking break on? Tips and tricks?

[squirrel]

put it in high gear, not low gear.

[Caveman Tony]

Park it on a hill.

[min301]

If access to the starter is easy, you could remove it, and access the flywheel thru there,
or there may be an access plug so you can hold the flywheel with a pry bar, and torque it that way.

[Russell]

Got it tight. When its on the ground there is not enough space for the torque wrench to turn. When it up on stands the wheels turn. I finally found my neighbor tool. With him holding the breaks I was able to tighten it!

[SpiderGearsMan]

hondas always need a holding tool , I use an IMPACT GUN !!!!!!!!YAY

[Russell]

hondas always need a holding tool , I use an IMPACT GUN !!!!!!!!YAY

I thought that was bad for the bearings? And how do you know you got the torque right, not to high or low?

[Beagle]

I thought that was bad for the bearings? And how do you know you got the torque right, not to high or low?

two longs and a short. wham wham wham wham wham.... wham wham wham wham wham... wham wham. There, torqued. And use red locktite so the next guy is screwwwwed.

[BBR]

Just stick a couple of screwdrivers in the brake rotor cooling fins.

[yellomalibu]

I thought that was bad for the bearings? And how do you know you got the torque right, not to high or low?

Ha! Mechanics don't care about that stuff. Impact wrenches and other air tools help them finish faster so they can make more money. Who cares about anything else?

[Stich496]

I thought that was bad for the bearings? And how do you know you got the torque right, not to high or low?

oh and you think the factory used a torque wrench and not an air impact gun..
hahahahahahaha.

[SpiderGearsMan]

oh lord ,,impact gun on everything

[SpiderGearsMan]

oh , the high and mighty ...taking a week to change a timing belt
what bearing does it affect ? huh ? huh ?
the thrust bearing ? ah no , the balancer rides on the crank snout , there is no pre load there , it is just to retain the balancer
anybody tells you different is a liar

[Stich496]

oh , the high and mighty ...taking a week to change a timing belt
what bearing does it affect ? huh ? huh ?
the thrust bearing ? ah no , the balancer rides on the crank snout , there is no pre load there , it is just to retain the balancer
anybody tells you different is a liar

correct.. besides the bang bang bang is at the crank unlike the bang bang bang at the other end of the rod pistons with 6-7" of leverage..
maybe stop running the engine as the bang bang bang is bad for bearings..
hehehehe

[Russell]

Ha! Mechanics don't care about that stuff. Impact wrenches and other air tools help them finish faster so they can make more money. Who cares about anything else?

Thats one of the reasons I would rather do it my self if I screw it up at least I did not have to pay someone for the pleasure of them screwing it and me