A flywheel lock and the proper socket-breaker bar combination will take
these bolts off easily. Avoid the torch thing  here.

Dennis.

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
Of Thomas D. Hanlon
Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 8:16 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
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