Many of these are Locktited in.  I managed t break mine free using a two
foot cheater.  They release with kind of a "klink" and then can be turned
out by hand.

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas D. Hanlon" <hanran@EARTHLINK.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 5:16 AM
Subject: Removal of flywheel bolts

> Listees,
>
> I have two engines in repair/play in order to install a recently-rebuilt
> transmission from a donor GL Vanagon in my Westy.. In each of them, it
> has been impossible for me to remove the flywheel bolts.   I have the
> usual tools, including a Chicago Electric Tools impact wrench, and the
> item may be a "dud," for which I paid too little in comparison to the
> prices of  "real" impact wrenches I subsequently "window-shopped" at
> Sears.
>
> Would there be any benefit to using the"blue wrench," since the bolts
> are attached to the shaft, rather than to the flywheel which would be
> heated?
>
> Please offer opinions on methods to separate the flywheels from the
> engines wthout the use of the impact wrench, if I can avoid it.
>
> Tom Hanlon
> Palm Springs, CA
> 84 Westfalia