Front Crankshaft Oil Seal

[Hector]

and it wasn't actually that bad breaking that mamajama loose. I'm hoping to post some pics later. I also rigged up a home-made torque wrench for when it comes time to put the hub and nut back on the crankshaft. Hopefully, I'll have pics of that too. It beats spending $125+ on a good craftsman torque wrench covering that torque range.

[Jeff N.]

OK - so, how'd you get on that sucker? Was the car on a lift or did you get it from the top? Be curious to see the tool. How'd you lock down the engine so it wouldn't turn?

The problem we had was that with the motor out of the car there was now way to hold the sucker. With an impact wrench, it just spun right off. When we tried the breaker bar there was no way to hold the motor.

Jeff

[BMW-F1-FAN]

Pull off the pulleyassembly and flywheel. I had a shop take a 3" wide piece of 1/4" steel and drill holes that matched the flywheel. Make the center hole just a bit bigger. I put an extension ladder on the ground and let the steel be restrained by the ladder. 4' breaker bar and voila

OK - so, how'd you get on that sucker? Was the car on a lift or did you get it from the top? Be curious to see the tool. How'd you lock down the engine so it wouldn't turn?

The problem we had was that with the motor out of the car there was now way to hold the sucker. With an impact wrench, it just spun right off. When we tried the breaker bar there was no way to hold the motor.

Jeff