Honda Crankshaft damper holding tool?

Ok this tool I've been waiting for finally came. However the one I bought isn't like the one Honda sells that bolts to body of the car. I got the 25 dollar model.

I have no idea how the hell it works.

Well I mean I know kind of how it works. I put it into the pulley and my other wrench goes in the middle.

What I don't understand is how I use it to lock the pulley in place. That square is for a 1/2".

Any advice appreciated.

 

It has been awhile for me. If the damper has the hex then the tool slips into the hex shape and yes, you use a 1/2" breaker to hold it. I never had luck with a Honda except to use a oiled 1/2" impact using no extension. Good luck.

 

I need it. So far I have had no luck. Damn timing belt broke on vacation. I've been stuck trying to get this crankshaft bolt loose since Thanksgiving. I burned out a Craftsman electric 200 ft-lb impact wrench on it. Then I tried the 5' pipe on the breaker bar, put the transmission in 5th, had my son stand on the brakes. All I did was spin the wheels. At least I didn't bend my pipe.

Hoping this tool does the trick.

 

Have you checked to see if you have an interference engine? May not be needing to do just a belt if so..

 

It is an interference engine. From what I've read though it's pretty rare for these engines to actually destroy themselves when the belt breaks. I'm crossing my fingers. It's a $300 engine if it's destroyed. So I'm just gonna throw a belt on and see what happens. Going to check the water pump too because I read that they have a tendency to seize and break the belt. I was 4 miles from 250k.

 

You do need luck lol. Nowdays you can get a scope camera pretty reasonable. You can pull the plugs and look. BUT even then you might not see a slightly bent valve..
I personaly never seen a seized wp. All I ever seen was colapsed tensioners and oil leaks. Course I may have only serviced about 50 or so Honda belts..

 

This is me grasping at straws. Theres a guy with an engine on the local craigslist for $150. I think I'm gonna give him a call. Wouldn't hurt to have a backup motor on hand anyway. At the worst I can sell it on.

 

That's not a bad price actually.

 

I have used a breaker and socket and layed the end on the ground before. I held it while a buddy bumped the motor. Need to pull the coil wire though when it's a running motor.

 

I'm active avoiding doing that. Pretty sure my apartment management would be very mad if they caught me doing that.

And, I've broken harder bolts than this. 20' pipe on a 1" drive breaker bar, I was dangling off the end of that bar when it finally broke. toes in the air. crazy.

 

Part of the problem is the length of the bolt.. It flexes.
Why would anyone be upset about laying the end of a breaker on the ground? Worst things are happening if an engine has a leak..

 

I wasn't sure of your problem, but a quick Youtube search shows MANY instances of removing this specific problem bolt.

Here is a video of someone using the same kind of hex tool you got:

 

Thanks so much. I've watched like 20 videos on this and none of the ones I saw showed how they used the tool I bought. Thank you so much.

I'm anticipating this comes off really easy after seeing that. I've got my bro-in-laws craftsman breaker bars, a 5' galvanized steel pipe, and sasquatch strength on my side. That bolts gonna be out in a jiffy.

And this really shows what a benefit these forums are. I mean I have spent WEEKS now researching this subject. Which means Google has weeks of historic search data collected and I only see the same stuff over and over again now. It's filtering out relevant new information! I've read that this happens, but never really had it slapped in my face so hard before.

 

No problem! Hopefully you get good results.

 

would be so much easier to just do as I had mentioned in your other thread about this. Err.. unless I forgot to actually reply to it? lol

Otherwise.. you're possibly just wasting time and throwing money into a trashed motor. Then you'll also need to pull the new parts off the broken one.. once you realize it can't be saved.. and reinstall them onto the other newer motor prior to installation. Trust me when I say that working on two motors just to end up with one good one never adds any more fun to the equation either.

Nothing wrong with being optimistic.. it's just that faith heals the soul.. but rarely does much for a motor.