flywheel locking

[ls1wallen]

How do you lock the flywheel? (Auto doing cam swap) On the how to they say to use a screw driver. How do you get the screw in there to hold it in place? Does autozone or any of the big name stores loan out a fly wheel locker?

[bills98ta]

They mean, stick the screw driver into the teeth, & up against the block to keep it from turning. I don't see why you would need to lock it for a cam swap. If you do, you need two people. Just use a 1/2" air gun to get the crank bolt loose.

[ls1wallen]

i got the bolt loose using the screw driver method. now i got to find a three arm pulley puller thats any good

[Firebirdjones]

I always pull the starter off, and access the flywheel that way to lock it in place.

[cfgioja]

Are you trying to pull the crank pulley?

if so go to orielly's and rent a Chrysler harmonic puller or rent a 7ton puller. The chrsyler goes on the inner 3 tabs and the 7 ton goes around the whole pulley, they both will work to get it off.

also you may have to use a bolt and washer to stick in the crank shaft with a smaller diameter than the hole in the pulley to get the puller bolt to actually press against something.

[pajeff02]

GMHTP recently had a pic of a small prybar shoved through a hole in the passenger side "subframe" that they used to lock the engine.