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harmonic balancer nut td 4.2

Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 8:12 pm
by stormpatrol
How hard is it to undo the harmonic balancer nut , got 1/2 drive gun and socket but i think its gunna be a bitch nissan td4.2 has any of the forum guys done this :?:

Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 10:04 pm
by rustys
Mate put a breaker bar on it and rotate the engine until the bar is about 3''s of the chassis rail then crank the engine over with the key.
You will need 2 people to do this one to hold the socket on (using your FOOT NOT YOUR HAND) and one to turn the key.

Its a bit of an old trick but it works.

Garth

Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 10:14 pm
by ajsr
X2

Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 4:21 pm
by stormpatrol
rustys wrote:Mate put a breaker bar on it and rotate the engine until the bar is about 3''s of the chassis rail then crank the engine over with the key.
You will need 2 people to do this one to hold the socket on (using your FOOT NOT YOUR HAND) and one to turn the key.

Its a bit of an old trick but it works.

Garth
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