Thread: 4bd1 front crank seal replacement

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

most people dont carry 3/4 drive impact guns?

I do but I figure its a little unfair for me to give instructions or descriptions like "with your rattle gun" as most people are using stock supercheap or similar 1/2 inch drive rattle guns.

Thinking of ordering a 18v 3/4 drive Milwaukee impact gun, has 1627Nm, would this do the job?

Fair call Dave. I only have a 1/2" rattle gun.

Originally Posted by Vern

Thinking of ordering a 18v 3/4 drive Milwaukee impact gun, has 1627Nm, would this do the job?

Holy crap, that's a lot of torque!

Thats what i thought, thats what the advertising says! Think i will order one

it might.....

If some idiots fitted the nut cross threaded or with one of the stupid strong loctites it wont...

Ive never failed to shift one with adequate bracing off the block and crank with 3/4 inch sockets, lots of weight on the cheater bar and then smacking the handle with a big deadblow mallet.

they also come off real easy if you heat up the center of one flat with a map gas or pencil torch. till its just getting to red hot, and it'll usually respond to a soak with a blend of diesel and atf as a penetrating agent


OF course when none of that works, I swear at it and then when that fails to work I get really, really angry at it and then when that doesnt work I calm right down and then I whisper the secret words at it and then try again. That always works.

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

OF course when none of that works, I swear at it and then when that fails to work I get really, really angry at it and then when that doesnt work I calm right down and then I whisper the secret words at it and then try again. That always works.

" secret words " - If you don't cooperate I'm going to get the hot spanner????

"If you dont behave the way I want you shall be treated like fozzy"

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

................ it'll usually respond to a soak with a blend of diesel and atf as a penetrating agent..................

I've been using Tank's (Frank....... on this site) suggestion of acetone and atf and am continually surprised at how effective and fast it works with the impossible.

It has to be shaken up when first mixed.

I think why it is so effective is that the acetone evaporates, cooling any air in the thread which draws the mixture in. Might need 2 or 3 applications but will penetrate over a cm in 5 mins into some very ordinary situations.

DL