Bob,

I followed your directions.

In the meantime,  since I had posted to the List,  and before your kind
response, I contrived a "flywheel lock" from a piece of scrap metal.
With the breaker bar and a ten MM male hex, I succeeded in about five
minutes, in both cases, to remove the flywheel bolts. They has been
"Locktited."

Thanks,

Tom Hanlon
Palm Sprigs, CA
84 Westfalia

Robert Donalds wrote:

> Tom wroteWould 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?
>
> Tom
>
> the heat from the torch could damage the main bearings if not used
> with restraint. I would hit the bolts hard with a hammer.  then with
> the flywheel locked try turning the bolts with a braker bar
>
> Bob
>
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