Worked fine for me, almost exactly as you describe.
Did you put washers under the bolt heads? Seems like I had to grind a flat on
each washer so they would sit plat.

On Fri, 01 Aug 2003 08:22:08 GMT, none@here.com wrote:

| Just a friendly warning to anyone who is considering replacing
|the timing belt on their civic\prelude\accord. I read all of the posts
|regarding the dreaded crank pully bolt that is torqued to 3 million
|foot pounds and the various ways of dealing with it. Then I came
|accross this persons site
|http://www.spots.ab.ca/~blanchas/54pontiac/honda.html which seemed to
|offer a reasonable way of dealing with it and so I thought I would
|give this method a shot.
| So, I collected all of the necessary parts: two large bolts
|that fit snug into the crank pully holes and one fatassed steel bar to
|wedge in between them. Next, I pulled out a large Craftsman breaker
|bar, a 17 mm socket, a couple of extentions and started reefing on
|the bolt. I couldn't even budge it. Then, I pulled out the cheater bar
|which gave me a solid 3.5 to 4 feet of leverage (gotta love that
|Craftsman lifetime warranty). After about five minutes of wrestling
|with the breaker/cheater bar I heard a loud crunch (I wasn't sure if
|it was my spine or the bolt) and I was scared to look under the car.
|Turns out I busted the pully; one of those bolts busted right through
|it. Fortunatly, most of the pully remained intact and the car was
|still driveable.
| That bolt is on their FUC#ING tight. Seems the best solution
|for a DIYer like myself (and like most who read this group) is to have
|a garage loosen it. I'm gonna call around tomorrow and see if I can
|find some one to loosen it for me.
|
|
|Later,
|Curt ( 88 Civic SE )