92 Loyale Front Drive Pulley

[Will]

I have a 1992 Loyale wagon and am having to replace the water pump. In order to get the front casing off (to reach part of the water pump), I need to take off the front drive pulley. Does anyone know in which way the front drive pulley's bolt is threaded? I'm not sure of which direction the engine turns over, so there's a chance that it's threaded backwards, but I have no way of finding out! I just don't want to take an impact driver to the bolt and snap it off if it's threaded in the opposite direction...

[Numbchux]

standard threads, not reverse.

[TheLoyale]

If an impact doesn't do the trick, you can use a breaker bar with a pipe, have it touching the garage/driveway floor on the driver side of the car and bump the starter a time or two, this does the trick every time and alot of people on here will back this idea up.

 

Just make sure the breaker bar is hitting/resting on the floor on the driver side of the car, so when you bump the starter the bar will not turn up and hit the fender. The engine spins clockwise (If faceing the engine)

 

Torque on that Crank bolt is 50 ft.lbs, you can exceed that a bit to make sure it won't back off on you later on down the road.

 

-Tom

[Numbchux]

If an impact doesn't do the trick,

 

just wanted to emphasize the "IF". I have used this method, but ONLY as a last resort. if it's a manual, put it in 5th, and set the parking brake. You should be able to easily break it loose with a breaker bar now.

 

if it comes to bumping the starter. rest the breaker bar on the frame just in front of the battery. also, be sure to take steps to make sure the engine won't start. at the very least, un-plug the wire between the distributer and the ignition coil.