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CR-V Crankshaft
When looking in thru the left wheel houseing at the crankshaft pulley in
what direction does the nut have to turn to remove it. I am going to adjust the valves with the spark plugs out, and use the pulley to rotate the engine, but do not want to loosen the the pulley. Somewhere it said to rotate the pulley counter clockwise, when doing the adjustment, and if thats so the nut on the pulley may loosen.If it were to loosen I have a torque wrench, but whats going to hold the pulley, while its tightened? I looked at useing the alternator pulley nut,but its impossible to reach from above, and see what position the rocker arms in . Thanks Tom |
Re: CR-V Crankshaft
"twfsa" <uksatw@qwest.net> wrote in message
news:Mvird.56$Xp.43@lakeread07... > When looking in thru the left wheel houseing at the crankshaft pulley in > what direction does the nut have to turn to remove it. > > I am going to adjust the valves with the spark plugs out, and use the > pulley to rotate the engine, but do not want to loosen the the pulley. > > Somewhere it said to rotate the pulley counter clockwise, when doing the > adjustment, and if thats so the nut on the pulley may loosen.If it were to > loosen I have a torque wrench, but whats going to hold the pulley, while > its tightened? > > I looked at useing the alternator pulley nut,but its impossible to reach > from above, and see what position the rocker arms in . > > Thanks > > Tom > You will see a couple of threads just in recent months about how to get that ^$#@(*& bolt loose. The upshot is that it won't loosen while you use it to rotate the crankshaft. It is originally torqued to about 130 ft-lbs (maybe a little different in your engine), but over the years the thing gets stubborn and impact drivers have a tough time with it. I just did the timing belt on my son's Acura and with a few tricks the 500 ft-lb driver finally got it loose. Mike |
Re: CR-V Crankshaft
"twfsa" <uksatw@qwest.net> wrote in message
news:Mvird.56$Xp.43@lakeread07... > When looking in thru the left wheel houseing at the crankshaft pulley in > what direction does the nut have to turn to remove it. > > I am going to adjust the valves with the spark plugs out, and use the > pulley to rotate the engine, but do not want to loosen the the pulley. > > Somewhere it said to rotate the pulley counter clockwise, when doing the > adjustment, and if thats so the nut on the pulley may loosen.If it were to > loosen I have a torque wrench, but whats going to hold the pulley, while > its tightened? > > I looked at useing the alternator pulley nut,but its impossible to reach > from above, and see what position the rocker arms in . > > Thanks > > Tom > You will see a couple of threads just in recent months about how to get that ^$#@(*& bolt loose. The upshot is that it won't loosen while you use it to rotate the crankshaft. It is originally torqued to about 130 ft-lbs (maybe a little different in your engine), but over the years the thing gets stubborn and impact drivers have a tough time with it. I just did the timing belt on my son's Acura and with a few tricks the 500 ft-lb driver finally got it loose. Mike |
Re: CR-V Crankshaft
"Michael Pardee" <michaeltnull@cybertrails.com> wrote
> "twfsa" <uksatw@qwest.net> wrote > > When looking in thru the left wheel houseing at the crankshaft pulley in > > what direction does the nut have to turn to remove it. > > > > I am going to adjust the valves with the spark plugs out, and use the > > pulley to rotate the engine, but do not want to loosen the the pulley. > > > > Somewhere it said to rotate the pulley counter clockwise, when doing the > > adjustment, and if thats so the nut on the pulley may loosen.If it were to > > loosen I have a torque wrench, but whats going to hold the pulley, while > > its tightened? > > > > I looked at useing the alternator pulley nut,but its impossible to reach > > from above, and see what position the rocker arms in . > > > > Thanks > > > > Tom > > > You will see a couple of threads just in recent months about how to get that > ^$#@(*& bolt loose. The upshot is that it won't loosen while you use it to > rotate the crankshaft. It is originally torqued to about 130 ft-lbs (maybe a > little different in your engine), but over the years the thing gets stubborn > and impact drivers have a tough time with it. I just did the timing belt on > my son's Acura and with a few tricks the 500 ft-lb driver finally got it > loose. Plus, Honda manuals such as those at the UK site, autozone, and Chilton's typically say to retorque the bolt after finishing a valve adjustment. This is precisely because of the original poster's concern. But like Michael says, if the engine's been run, I dunno, a year or so without doing any work that involved removing the pulley bolt, it should be plenty tight. If you happened to remove the pulley bolt a few weeks ago, I would imagine there's more risk it might come loose. Either way, I'd re-torque to spec after the valve adjust job. It's not a big deal. |
Re: CR-V Crankshaft
"Michael Pardee" <michaeltnull@cybertrails.com> wrote
> "twfsa" <uksatw@qwest.net> wrote > > When looking in thru the left wheel houseing at the crankshaft pulley in > > what direction does the nut have to turn to remove it. > > > > I am going to adjust the valves with the spark plugs out, and use the > > pulley to rotate the engine, but do not want to loosen the the pulley. > > > > Somewhere it said to rotate the pulley counter clockwise, when doing the > > adjustment, and if thats so the nut on the pulley may loosen.If it were to > > loosen I have a torque wrench, but whats going to hold the pulley, while > > its tightened? > > > > I looked at useing the alternator pulley nut,but its impossible to reach > > from above, and see what position the rocker arms in . > > > > Thanks > > > > Tom > > > You will see a couple of threads just in recent months about how to get that > ^$#@(*& bolt loose. The upshot is that it won't loosen while you use it to > rotate the crankshaft. It is originally torqued to about 130 ft-lbs (maybe a > little different in your engine), but over the years the thing gets stubborn > and impact drivers have a tough time with it. I just did the timing belt on > my son's Acura and with a few tricks the 500 ft-lb driver finally got it > loose. Plus, Honda manuals such as those at the UK site, autozone, and Chilton's typically say to retorque the bolt after finishing a valve adjustment. This is precisely because of the original poster's concern. But like Michael says, if the engine's been run, I dunno, a year or so without doing any work that involved removing the pulley bolt, it should be plenty tight. If you happened to remove the pulley bolt a few weeks ago, I would imagine there's more risk it might come loose. Either way, I'd re-torque to spec after the valve adjust job. It's not a big deal. |
Re: CR-V Crankshaft
twfsa wrote:
> When looking in thru the left wheel houseing at the crankshaft pulley in > what direction does the nut have to turn to remove it. > > I am going to adjust the valves with the spark plugs out, and use the pulley > to rotate the engine, but do not want to loosen the the pulley. > > Somewhere it said to rotate the pulley counter clockwise, when doing the > adjustment, and if thats so the nut on the pulley may loosen.If it were to > loosen I have a torque wrench, but whats going to hold the pulley, while its > tightened? > > I looked at useing the alternator pulley nut,but its impossible to reach > from above, and see what position the rocker arms in . > > Thanks > > Tom > --------------------- Tom, Read the responses you got to your previous post !! You don't need to touch the crank pulley nut, just the POWER STEERING nut. If you want to fart around removing the front left wheel and jacking up the CRV, do whatever you want . . . That nut won't come loose. 'Curly' |
Re: CR-V Crankshaft
twfsa wrote:
> When looking in thru the left wheel houseing at the crankshaft pulley in > what direction does the nut have to turn to remove it. > > I am going to adjust the valves with the spark plugs out, and use the pulley > to rotate the engine, but do not want to loosen the the pulley. > > Somewhere it said to rotate the pulley counter clockwise, when doing the > adjustment, and if thats so the nut on the pulley may loosen.If it were to > loosen I have a torque wrench, but whats going to hold the pulley, while its > tightened? > > I looked at useing the alternator pulley nut,but its impossible to reach > from above, and see what position the rocker arms in . > > Thanks > > Tom > --------------------- Tom, Read the responses you got to your previous post !! You don't need to touch the crank pulley nut, just the POWER STEERING nut. If you want to fart around removing the front left wheel and jacking up the CRV, do whatever you want . . . That nut won't come loose. 'Curly' |
Re: CR-V Crankshaft
Thanks Curly , I'll give the power steering nut a try.
Tom "motsco_ _" <"motsco_ _"@interbaun.com> wrote in message news:41AE1444.9080500@interbaun.com... > twfsa wrote: >> When looking in thru the left wheel houseing at the crankshaft pulley in >> what direction does the nut have to turn to remove it. >> >> I am going to adjust the valves with the spark plugs out, and use the >> pulley to rotate the engine, but do not want to loosen the the pulley. >> >> Somewhere it said to rotate the pulley counter clockwise, when doing the >> adjustment, and if thats so the nut on the pulley may loosen.If it were >> to loosen I have a torque wrench, but whats going to hold the pulley, >> while its tightened? >> >> I looked at useing the alternator pulley nut,but its impossible to reach >> from above, and see what position the rocker arms in . >> >> Thanks >> >> Tom --------------------- > > Tom, > > Read the responses you got to your previous post !! > > You don't need to touch the crank pulley nut, just the POWER STEERING nut. > If you want to fart around removing the front left wheel and jacking up > the CRV, do whatever you want . . . That nut won't come loose. > > 'Curly' > |
Re: CR-V Crankshaft
Thanks Curly , I'll give the power steering nut a try.
Tom "motsco_ _" <"motsco_ _"@interbaun.com> wrote in message news:41AE1444.9080500@interbaun.com... > twfsa wrote: >> When looking in thru the left wheel houseing at the crankshaft pulley in >> what direction does the nut have to turn to remove it. >> >> I am going to adjust the valves with the spark plugs out, and use the >> pulley to rotate the engine, but do not want to loosen the the pulley. >> >> Somewhere it said to rotate the pulley counter clockwise, when doing the >> adjustment, and if thats so the nut on the pulley may loosen.If it were >> to loosen I have a torque wrench, but whats going to hold the pulley, >> while its tightened? >> >> I looked at useing the alternator pulley nut,but its impossible to reach >> from above, and see what position the rocker arms in . >> >> Thanks >> >> Tom --------------------- > > Tom, > > Read the responses you got to your previous post !! > > You don't need to touch the crank pulley nut, just the POWER STEERING nut. > If you want to fart around removing the front left wheel and jacking up > the CRV, do whatever you want . . . That nut won't come loose. > > 'Curly' > |
Re: CR-V Crankshaft
twfsa wrote:
> > Thanks Curly , I'll give the power steering nut a try. > ....and if you take the spark plugs out, the engine will be considerably easier to turn over. Eric |
Re: CR-V Crankshaft
twfsa wrote:
> > Thanks Curly , I'll give the power steering nut a try. > ....and if you take the spark plugs out, the engine will be considerably easier to turn over. Eric |
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