First comment I've ever posted on KZread, but I had to let you know that you, sir, are a genius! Broke the bolt loose on my ranger using this method, worked perfect!

@HowYouCanDoItToo

3 жыл бұрын

Wow!!! That means a lot!!! Thank you for such an honored comment!!! I am happy this worked for you plus taking the time to come back to let me know. Take care, Tony

@jamesontravis8301

3 жыл бұрын

instablaster.

@barrymonroy7138

Жыл бұрын

Did you use penetrateing spray

I agree!! You, sir are a genius. I've been mechanicing for 30 yrs but never seen this trick. Worked like a charm on my merc sable that my impact wouldn't touch. I will keep a strap in my tool bag! Thank you again!

@HowYouCanDoItToo

Жыл бұрын

Wow!!! Thank you so much!!! I had to run I. And show the wife the genius part of this awesome comment. 😂 You made my day and hope your day is awesome. Take care, Tony

Good to see a young guy hanging around his elders. He will learn character and skills that will serve him many times over. I shadowed my dad and learned what being a man was all about. SALUTE

@HowYouCanDoItToo

Жыл бұрын

Your comment means the world to me. It is very challenging these days to have young children participate with all the new technology coming out every day. Thank you and take care, Tony

This trick is slick. It worked like a charm. Thank you for taking the time to show it to everyone.

@HowYouCanDoItToo

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to let me know it helped you. Means a lot take care, Tony

Thank you sir! I did the bike tube with this and popped it off in one go. By this man a beer!

@HowYouCanDoItToo

2 күн бұрын

That is so awesome!!! Thank you for letting me know. Have a great weekend (Beer in hand 😂) Tony

This man is the goat. I used the engine starter trick and 2 different impacts to no avail. Took a cheater bar and all the strength in me, but mine to pop off using this method.

@HowYouCanDoItToo

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!! So glad it helped you. Thank you for letting me know. Take care...Tony

@jac1793

3 жыл бұрын

Nice work. My impact has let me down too. I don't have any straps like in this video, but i have some bungee cords maybe I can make something work with those.

305k miles Ford 5.4l 16v, worked like a charm. Finally can finish timing chain replacement. Thank you sir!

THIS WORKED!!) 1978 Ford F100 Lariat..) Thank you for making this video Sir ! It helped me realize that I also needed a Breaker bar to put more Strength into my turns., (Thankfully before I broke my socket wrench).,. I did have to fight with the strap once I got it tired down, to keep the pulley from turning, and hold the breaker bar at the same time, while getting leverage...But it did Grip!, and with Some PB blaster, and a little patience,. The Bolt broke FREE ! And I also got the four smaller bolts which also held the pulley in which were sung as well. Thanks to you, and Duece!!!

This worked like a charm, thank you. Crank pulley torque is 250lbft and I had to take it off for a cam swap. Had the car in gear with the brakes on and tried doing it without the strap and it was slipping the clutch.

@HowYouCanDoItToo

3 жыл бұрын

I am so happy thank you for letting me know. Take care, Tony

Worked on my 300zx!! Thank you so much! Got it all torqued and ready to go🙏🏻

@HowYouCanDoItToo

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!!

You deserve a freaking medal!!!! I have been struggling for days!!! I had my 351w out of my vehicle and needed to remove a water pump pulley I just strapped it to itself tight and boom came off!!! Thanks

@HowYouCanDoItToo

2 жыл бұрын

So awesome!!! Thank you for letting me know how much it helped you. Take care, Tony

So glad I found this video. I just bought a chevette and the crankshaft pulley wasn't installed. I couldnt figure out how to get it on without spinning! Definitely going to try this tomorrow.

@HowYouCanDoItToo

2 жыл бұрын

I so hope this does help you. Take care, Tony

This tip helped me out of a hole today. Thank you! I needed to wrap the pulley with a bicycle inner tube first to get grip

@HowYouCanDoItToo

4 ай бұрын

Awesome!!! Thank you for letting me know. Have an amazing day, Tony

Worked on my 7.3 power stroke. Used a 2” wide strap wrapped around a couple times , thanks!!

@HowYouCanDoItToo

10 ай бұрын

Awesome!!! Thanks for letting me know it helped. Take care, Tony

Use this method first. Genius. Worked perfect the first time. Pulley didn’t slip at all

@HowYouCanDoItToo

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!! Thank for letting me know.

Worked for me after an hour of trying other methods. Thanks!

Nice trick! I've gotta replace the water pump on my old 96' BMW 750, and I've been pretty worried about this bolt. Definitely going to try this, thanks so much!

This is a good way to do it, I myself do the same thing but with an old large fan belt, Rubber for grip, but i make the belt pinch under itself so the more is slips the tighter is becomes until it does not slip at all

Special guy, thank you for the vision!!

Excellent tip! Very helpful and I will be using it tomorrow. Thank you.

Just tried this on a toyota that needed torqued to 213 ft. Lbs. Had to put a piece of rubber under the strap, but it worked. Thank you

Thank you men! Awesome work and just the pass down of experience i needed. You guys ARE pros.

Thanks for sharing. I'd tried just about everything to break my hb bolt loose before I decided to check youtube. I used what I seen yesterday on my Lincoln LS V8. It tried to work but I couldnt get the strap alone to bite so it would slip. So what I did to get more grip/bite was to cut a piece of rubber from a bike intertube long enough to cover about 3rd of the hb. and laid it on the grooves and them wrapped my strap.

@HowYouCanDoItToo

2 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome!!! I will definitely do that myself if I run into the situation. Thank for letting me know. Take care, Tony

Great job to you and your excellent camera man!!🎉

@HowYouCanDoItToo

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!! I will pass this on to Duce he is like 6’6” now. He’s more like a boom camera man now 😂 Have an awesome weekend, Tony

Thanks for posting sir. This may be just the ticket to repair my leaky front seal on my F150 5.4L. I’d really prefer to use the proper torquing sequence over an impact.

Sir thanks for the help and God Bless you for this video. Just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate it!!!

@HowYouCanDoItToo

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind comment. It means a lot if my videos help people. Take care... Tony

Thanks for this! I will try this with my M43 engine. It is torqued to 330Nm and this seems the best way so far

Tried this but the strap just slipped and wouldn’t grip the pulley. I had an old inner tube laying around so I cut a strip of that and then wrapped the strap around the pulley with the inner tube between the pulley and strap. Now the strap gripped the pulley and I was able to remove the bolt.

@HowYouCanDoItToo

3 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome!!! Yes the straps have to be able to wrap enough to tighten on it’s self. I can see it slipping in cases like yours. Thank you so much for your input! I’m going to see if I can put your comment on the top to help others with the same situation. Take care - Tony

@meptwal

3 жыл бұрын

@@HowYouCanDoItToo yeah, I had plenty of wraps, if anything maybe too many. The nylon on smooth steel just needed a little extra grip in my case.

@pastytit

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks both.

@tylerstonge6988

3 жыл бұрын

Worked perfectly thanks for the idea

@JoseDiaz-rd9fh

2 жыл бұрын

Makes complete sense for high torque applications I can see where you would need that extra grip

Slick move, thanks from across the pond.

Great job Duce. Trying this tomorrow on a 2004 Saturn Ion Redline.

@HowYouCanDoItToo

Жыл бұрын

Thank you I will definitely tell Duce and please let us know how it went for you. Take care, Tony and Duce

I normally never never comment on youtube !! But this is simply brilliant, brilliant !! Thanks a ton for sharing !

@HowYouCanDoItToo

3 жыл бұрын

You can’t imagine how much your comment means to me! I just read it to my wife. Thank you for taking the time to write this. Take care - Tony

@gemsmat2917

3 жыл бұрын

@@HowYouCanDoItToo The Lord bless you as you go on the way !!

I'm working on one soon and I might use this method. thanks for the video 👍

I like this idea of the frame wrap ! Thanks 👍👍👍✌✌✌🐎🐎🐎

@HowYouCanDoItToo

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, it sure makes it a lot easier. Take care - Tony

I'll give this a shot tomorrow and report back. gotta torque the balancer on my 71 buick 455 to 200lbs min!

@HowYouCanDoItToo

3 ай бұрын

Damn!!! That’s one heck of a lot of torque. If I stood on the torque wrench I wouldn’t have enough azz!! 😂 I hope you are successful with this method. Some people in comments added a piece of rubber tubing laying around. I would try to use as many wraps as you can even if you have to add another strap to lock it if it starts to spin. Sometimes it will have to spin some until the wraps tighten so don’t give up if it spins some. I am looking forward to your update. Take care, Tony

Thank you so much for posting this At 70 I have to replace my daughter hormonic balance But could not figure out how to keep the the crankshaft from turning At about torque of 200 foot lbs. it was impossible but know thanks to you I can do it

@HowYouCanDoItToo

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words I so hope that this video helped you. I hope I am able at 70 to even attempt to work on vehicles. That is awesome you are able to help your daughter and save her money. You are a good father. Take care, Tony

Used this method with the Ratchet Strap and it worked to hold the pulley in place. I also used the "Bump Start" with a long bar and the Crankshaft bolt broke loose.

@HowYouCanDoItToo

Жыл бұрын

Awesome!!! I was going to try the bump start method and was worried about it flying off 🤣 If it was any more stubborn it was going to happen 😂 Take care and thanks for the comment, Tony

I will be doing my timing belt in 2 days. ...This is useful info since I dont have an Impact & will be wrenching it.

@HowYouCanDoItToo

2 ай бұрын

Hoping you much success and this method helps you. If you do notice it slipping try using more wraps if you can until it grabs. Some people in the thread added a piece of rubber that helped too. But usually a good tight wrap works for me. Take care, Tony

gonna give this a try in the near future. my impact wasn't strong enough, but this looks like a great method. thank you and wish me luck

@HowYouCanDoItToo

2 жыл бұрын

Hoping you success and good luck. Yes, when I tried my impact to take it off it kept spinning the motor and was afraid of tearing something up internally like valves when my timing belt was totally broke in half. Take care, Tony Please let me know

@Allllgsgshdb

2 жыл бұрын

@@HowYouCanDoItToo thank you. I just got of the phone with the dealership ,the new seal and bolt shuld be in next week . Can't wait to try it !

@HowYouCanDoItToo

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!!

I just broke the crankshaft pulley bolt loose on my 2008 Honda Fit! I used a "3:1 Torque Multiplier ($257 new on Amazon)" and the crank pulley holding tool ($13). I ran a bunch of 1/2" extensions out from the multiplier and rested them on a jack stand and used a breaker bar with a 4 ft. cheater pipe on it and it broke loose. Even though the torque multiplier is rated for 1100 ft/lbs, I still had to put out on that cheater pipe. My 450 ft/lb. electric impact with the special crankshaft 19mm socket from Honda was not enough to break it loose.

I respect you for that ingenuity...that helped me a lot..

@HowYouCanDoItToo

Жыл бұрын

I’m so happy it helped you! Thank you for letting me know. You have an awesome day, Tony

Seems simple and effective. Definitely going to try this one the next I do a cambelt change

Didn't work for me but it was a good idea worth a shot. I tried it both ways as I was trying to loosen the Crack pulley bolt. I wrapped it from underneath and around held the rest of the slack in the strap with one hand, then tried unloosing the bolt with a breaker bar but no luck. So then I wrapped it from the top and around the pulley still no luck the pulley still kept wanting to move as I was trying to loosen it. Crazy thing is I went to the junkyard to pull a part behind the crank pulley and that bolt came off with ease I also used my longest breaker bar with I think the bolt was 13/16 and it didn't take no effort of unloosing it. Wish I had a impact I am sure that would have spun it off with the pulley not moving. Just and update the impact wrench worked just as I expected it to spin the bolt right off. Was worth the $329 at home depot got a carrying bag with tool battery and battery charger. This tool spun it off with little to no force like two in half uge duges and of course with it on the nut busting setting as I tried all three settings before that. Get you one if you want peace of mind and a back up plan

Thank you sir, you just made my life that much easier

Great idea , I didn’t think of that , I have a stubborn one on an old Citreon , so that’s tomorrow’s job 👍🏻thanks again

@HowYouCanDoItToo

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, hoping everything goes smoothly for you. Take care, Tony

Shall be trying this on the weekend. Wish me luck 🙏

@HowYouCanDoItToo

Жыл бұрын

It’s going to work I have faith. But just Incase good luck 👍 😆 Take care and let me know how it went, Tony

@hcr32slider

Жыл бұрын

@@HowYouCanDoItToo shall keep you updated. Need to get some new tools to get the fan off I think.

Worked perfectly. Thanks for the great tip

@HowYouCanDoItToo

Жыл бұрын

Awesome thank you for letting me know it worked for you. It makes me happy when my videos help people. Take care, Tony

Thank you helped me out a ton on gettin that same bolt off so thank you again

@HowYouCanDoItToo

2 жыл бұрын

That is awesome!!!

Never forget deuce

This one is good too.. but its easier to use an old serpentine or timing belt.. just place it on another pulley nearby and overlap it inside the pulley.

Sir you did an AMAZING Job! "if i can do it, You can too"

@HowYouCanDoItToo

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😊 Take care, Tony

Nice. Never seen this method. I have to remove my harmonic balancer. Have been researching strap wrenches when come across this! Wish me luck, i will be using this method.

@HowYouCanDoItToo

2 жыл бұрын

I hope this does help you 👍

@Freedom1776usa

2 жыл бұрын

It worked perfectly on my 94 LT1. Thanks for the tip!

Great job, Duke!

@HowYouCanDoItToo

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much

Thank you, thank you - this will save me time and trouble

@HowYouCanDoItToo

Жыл бұрын

I’m so happy this video will help you! Thank you for letting me know and others on the comments section. Take care and have an awesome day, Tony

You are an absolute genius thank you soooooo much!

@HowYouCanDoItToo

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the kind comment!!! It means a lot to me. You have an awesome week, Tony

Worked great!!! Thanks for the tip!

@HowYouCanDoItToo

Жыл бұрын

Awesome!!! Thank you so much for letting me know. You have an awesome day, Tony

That's very helpful and informative. Thanks.

Going to try this right now great video.

@HowYouCanDoItToo

Жыл бұрын

Thank you I hope it helps you. Take care, Tony

I had to lay a rubber piece on the pulley to keep strap from slipping but it worked like a charm! I had to put 185lbs. Of torque on my Tacoma and I almost couldn’t do it😂

@HowYouCanDoItToo

3 ай бұрын

AWESOME!!! I am so glad you got it!!! Thank you for letting me know it worked for you with adding the rubber piece with it. Have an amazing week and take care, Tony

Thanks! worked an easy treat

@HowYouCanDoItToo

Жыл бұрын

That’s so awesome!!! Thank you for letting me and others know. You take care and have a great upcoming weekend, Tony

Oh man very useful video! Thank you so much sir🙏

@HowYouCanDoItToo

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the awesome comment! Take care, Tony

Like how everyone freaks out about the timing being off after that. It's the crank pulley, not a geared sprocket nor cogged belt/timing chain that you'd find behind all the accessory drive pulleys. The only thing you have to worry about is setting up to which way the engine rotates.

Thanks for the video used your technique and it worked perfectly, saved me a lot of time...

@HowYouCanDoItToo

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!! Thank you for letting me know. Take care, Tony

thanks! Just worked on my '77 Triumph Spitfire after I'd almost given up hope

Love your video. Now that also shows people where the hogs eat the cabbage. You're very like you have a good camera assistant.

Just use this technique it works great was fairly easy thanks

@HowYouCanDoItToo

Жыл бұрын

Awesome!!! I’m happy it helped you. Have a great weekend, Tony

The man is a legend. I love ingenuity

@HowYouCanDoItToo

2 жыл бұрын

Wow!!! Thank you!!! I have to show the wife this comment cause she says totally opposite. 😂 Thank you again and take care, Tony

@christophercasey8833

2 жыл бұрын

@@HowYouCanDoItToo haha, and a family man too.

Great job. That showed people where HOGS eat cabbage. Good thing you got a great cameraman

@HowYouCanDoItToo

Жыл бұрын

😂 yes, he’s growing up to fast now. Take care, Tony

That’s a very good idea … although the proof of the pudding is if it works on removal but on a pulley that has been in situ for a long time..

@HowYouCanDoItToo

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed they can be a nightmare especially when taking it off even with an impact and the motor spins with it. You definitely don’t want the motor spinning on some motors because it can bend stuff. I am not a mechanic but was told on some motors it can slam the valves especially if belt is broken. I hope I never have to do it again so far since I made this video everything still working good l. Take care, Tony

Very Awesome Trick!!!!! Wil Try It Myself!!! Props to you Sir!!!

@HowYouCanDoItToo

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you and I hope it goes easy for you. Take care and if you get a chance please let me know how it went. Have a great day - Tony

This was very good useful information I'm going to try this tomorrow

Worked like a charm! Thank you!

@HowYouCanDoItToo

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!! Thank you for letting me know. Take care, Tony

Ha! Been staring at that same strap right next to the car and wondering if there was some way to use it to break loose my crankshaft pulley bolt. Those special tools are too expensive.

@HowYouCanDoItToo

3 жыл бұрын

Lol, we think alike! There has to be a way to do things in other ways when it comes to hard earned money. Take care and break that bolt loose 😀

Great Idea!!!! Thank you!

Climbers and technical rope rescue teams use a similar knot to anchor off a tree or pole.

I hope this works pulling the actual pulley out. I got the bolt out with my Milwaukee 1/2 impact but now I can't remove the pulley without it spinning and it's driving me nuts. I need to replace my oil pump in my 4.8 vortec and this is the 2nd to last step

Great video! I learned something today! Thank you sir!

Thank you for your helpful video

Awesome trick brother

@HowYouCanDoItToo

3 күн бұрын

Thank you so much and you have an amazing day, Tony

@QwertyKyle

3 күн бұрын

@@HowYouCanDoItToo yes sir you as well. That strap trick saved me big time and it worked first try. Wrapped it 3 times and used a cheater bar and the nut broke free effortlessly. Had 265k on the original timing belt when it snapped on me

Awsome alternative thank you

worked a treat , thanks

Great tip. I got to 100 ft pounds and couldn't get it to stop slipping, need to get to 130

@JoseDiaz-rd9fh

2 жыл бұрын

Next time cut a piece of inner tube and put it between the strap and pulley

Hats off to you two 👑👑

Hello i can say your video helped me 100% but the Seal dont comming out . How can i take the ring out ?

This will save me a lot of time (if it works for me). .... Thank you!

Thank you sir

I thought I finally nailed it. But no. I habe a Master MK1 from 1984 and I can't remove the water pump pulley. I know that most of these pulleys are attached with three bolts bit this one has something extra "pulley" attached on it that just spins freely. I have no clue what it doe, but it stands on it that it's from an Italian factory that makes clutches. The thing is that when I do what you do in the video, it seems to finnaly work, but I'm a bit worried what will happen if I put all my strength in cause the whole engine is moving when I try to break the bolt loose.

You saved me. Thank you. I will always respect hill billy knowledge

@HowYouCanDoItToo

2 жыл бұрын

LOL!!! I am so glad this helped you. You had me laughing but so true. lol Take care, Tony

This helped so much!!!

@HowYouCanDoItToo

Жыл бұрын

Awesome!!! I’m happy this helped you and thank you for letting me know it did. Take care, Tony

sir greetings from across the pond.... am i correct in assuming if i do this RIGHT i dont need to lock the fly wheel with some fancy tool (i dont have )?????

@HowYouCanDoItToo

5 ай бұрын

Hello, I would definitely give it a go if you don’t have a tool. I’ve had others on my comment section say they had trouble with slipping, and others wrapping some types of rubber along with this method for traction. For most and I it works excellent. I hope you have an awesome evening, Tony

Tried it. But before the torque wrench clicks the whole engine bends towards the right side. I guess the engine support rubbers are the weak part in this case

@HowYouCanDoItToo

3 жыл бұрын

That’s messed up. So no matter how you was to lock it down to use a torque wrench it would do that. If possible I would put a ratchet strap around the side lifting up around the engine support to the frame separately. You have to be close to the click. It’s definitely stopping the motor from turning though? I know you’re probably aggravated but give it another try if possible to get to mount to anchor it from moving from rubber mounts. Hope this helps you. Take care - Tony

@fastnpainless6965

3 жыл бұрын

@@HowYouCanDoItToo i just did it another way. I just used thread locker fluid that holds up to 250 ft-lb and tightend it as hard as I could until the rubbers started to move. Many local mecanics in Costa Rica do it this way. I also saw old loctite thread locker on the screw when i took it out

I like it! ...the cheapest option that works

This worked for me.

@HowYouCanDoItToo

Жыл бұрын

Excellent so glad it helped you! Thank you for letting me know and have a great evening, Tony

Definitely gonna give this a shoot. Had to replace water pump on a 98 mazada protege which requires removing the crank pulley

Thanks! Great idea.

At min 3:28, when re-tightening the pulley nut, I see the pulley belt is already removed. Does this mean that for either removal or re-tightening the pulley nut, first the belt needs to be removed? Or is this method of holding the pulley in place also possible with the belt fitted? Thanks.

@HowYouCanDoItToo

Жыл бұрын

This is for when you are or have been having to work on something that requires you to remove the pulley nut. So the belts would already be removed. In theory I guess you could do it with it on, I wouldn’t want to remove with the belt on because as you’re loosening it, it would make the pulley pull to the side

Excuse me. Can we not put the car in gear to lock the crankshaft then tightening or undoing the bolt ?? I may be wrong please correct me. Thank you

Wow great tip

Thank you you are very smart 😀 I try with my kia rio.

@HowYouCanDoItToo

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you I have to show my wife your comment 😂 seriously hope it goes well with you and take care, Tony

Genius level 1000!

@HowYouCanDoItToo

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!! Take care, Tony

shout out Deuce!

@HowYouCanDoItToo

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you and I will definitely pass this on to him ❤️