Help replacing front oil seal, ea81

preno · Post by **preno** » Sun Aug 09, 2009 9:37 pm

im wanting to replace the front oil seal on my brumby. but im having trouble geting the bolt undone that goes into the crankshaft. i thought it must be done up very tight but have been told it may have a reverse thread. can anyone verify this?

cheers

matt

tony · Post by **tony** » Sun Aug 09, 2009 11:58 pm

put it in gear fit a socket with a long handle that can jam against the chassis or something and give it a quick burst on the starter. when you refit use locktite or it will spin off again. normal right hand thread.

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:43 am

confirming what tony says. normal right hand thread, 22mm socket generall fits the bolt head and a 450mm or 600 mm breaker bar with the handle set up on the lhs of the car. I shove it through the tow hook to hold it in place. WARNING is just a click of the starter will do and remove radiator first to prevent any accident and kill ignition. do it in neutral

AlpineRaven · Post by **AlpineRaven** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:31 pm

Use a rattle hammer gun if you have one or access to.. thats the safest way of undoing it.
Cheers
AP

ScubyRoo · Post by **ScubyRoo** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:35 am

Not sure if the EAs have access to the fly wheel through the bellhousing or not? Check for a little removable plastic cap near the engine-transmission join - it might only be on the ej series... I shoved a big ol screwdriver in there which my dad held in place with a crowbar. This stoped the crankshaft from spinning and I used a 3m breaker bar (peice of steel tubing i found behind mitre 10

). But my engine was out at the time...

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 10:16 am

I have an EA82 bellhousing someone trying scubyroos method on the timing hole, they broke the timing pointer casting off!!

preno · Post by **preno** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:40 pm

thanks guys for the replies. will prob give the rattle gun a go first.

openflame06 · Post by **openflame06** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 7:04 pm

Seriously if you can get a rattle gun. To give you and idea, I have an EA82 and the bellhousing hole in the gearbox.

I jammed it with a flat blade screw driver and had all of my weight on the spanner pushing down - i was literally balancing on it and i had to push down whilst balancing.

It did crack in the end, but it took a heap of force to do it.