Need to borrow a shallow 30mm or 1 3/16" shallow impact socket, 1/2" drive
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30mm 3/4 drive with adapter is a hair over 3” long. I assume this is too long?
I do have a 3/4 drive breaker bar
Or I have a 30mm deep 1/2” drive
I do have a 3/4 drive breaker bar
Or I have a 30mm deep 1/2” drive
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Finally got the crank shaft bolt out 
. She first broke loose with the torque multiplier on the bolt head while a 14 mm deep socket on the flywheel bolt head (was holding the engine from rotating), against the bellhousing. That broke her loose, then a high torque impact brought her rest of the way out. Thanks again Virgil for the help
and Juan and Leon for the tools loan. This took three days 
. I was afraid of ruining the threads inside of the crankshaft or if I some how managed to shear off the head of this massive bolt. Thankfully, all worked out well. As you can see, the threads are clean and no loctite was used the last time. One theory is that the cruddy engine oil somehow snuck into the threads and acted like loctite but that's a WAG. A new bolt is getting ordered today as I don't have a tap or a die that large.
. She first broke loose with the torque multiplier on the bolt head while a 14 mm deep socket on the flywheel bolt head (was holding the engine from rotating), against the bellhousing. That broke her loose, then a high torque impact brought her rest of the way out. Thanks again Virgil for the help and Juan and Leon for the tools loan. This took three days . I was afraid of ruining the threads inside of the crankshaft or if I some how managed to shear off the head of this massive bolt. Thankfully, all worked out well. As you can see, the threads are clean and no loctite was used the last time. One theory is that the cruddy engine oil somehow snuck into the threads and acted like loctite but that's a WAG. A new bolt is getting ordered today as I don't have a tap or a die that large.
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Ali must have been a whole lot stronger in his younger years. That bolt was in there.
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Used to be anyway.Ali HULK STRONG
Oh man. This job is just around the corner for me. Was the three days because of the head game?
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No head was harmed in this project
. The crank bolt was too tight and required creative solutions.