67 912 2.0l flywheel removal

[IROCPORSCHE73]

tried removing the gland nut from the flywheel using 1000# impact to no avail. Tried locking the flywheel and with 5 foot cheater on the 36 mm socket tried brute force, still no avail. Afraid to heat, please comment to Carpediem12520@aol.com.

Appreciate your assistance.

[john walker's workshop]

load the engine into your truck and haul it down to the local les schwab store. their 3/4" impacts will spin it off no problem. used to do that myself.

[Larry_Ratcliff]

That one is a PITA!!! Especially on the ground since it takes less force to move the engine than to break the bolt free. Here is how I did it. Wedge flywheel in place with 4-5' bar attached to locking device. 4' cheater bar on 1/2 drive snap on breaker bar viola no more problem. My friend is very much into 356's and they have the same problem so if this is not clear enough I could get his 2 cents. In fact it was his home built wedge / cheater bar assembly that I borrowed to do mine.

[IROCPORSCHE73]

Good idea . Thanks . We will work on it and let you know in here what happens

[Rich Lambert]

I think Harry Pellow used to use a 6' or 8' breaker bar and his wife would hold the engine stand down.

[IROCPORSCHE73]

Thanks Rich m all feedback is appreciated . This one has been tough .Thank you kindly

[IROCPORSCHE73]

One of the problems has been the socket slips off before we can apply enough torque

[AbbyAk]

Friend of mine just went through this--just keep at it-although they did break a Craftsman extension in the process. Finally with breaker/cheater bar the nut was removed..

Obviously, these nuts should be replaced and not re-used..

Good luck-you'll get it eventually!

A.B.

[john walker's workshop]

you have to create a special 356/912 gland nut socket by grinding it to a taper where it will fit all the way over the nut. they are too squared off in stock form and hit the flywheel before they cover the nut.

[IROCPORSCHE73]

still not off but we are working on it . Thank you kindly for all the great input .

[dlagerstrom]

OK. This is off topic, but how did you get your 616 engine up to 2.0l? The only p/c I have ever seen take it up to only 1.8l

[airkooled05]

thanks , I think that was an error by the guy that posted the ad

[airkooled05]

We have loaded it in the truck and it is going to one of the bigger independent Porsche shops in Denver . They say they can get it off .

[304065]

RIP Maestro, there will never be another like you (thanks be to G_d).

.....Looks like we gotta pull the flywheel. So the Maestro went over to his tool kit and pulled out the 10 foot long, extendible 3/4" Breaker Bar, used to remove every flywheel nut so far, no matter who overtorqued it or by how much.

.....The Maestro played Archimedes and showed the Juggler where to stand on the Engine Stand, placed the 36mm socket on the flywheel nut and began to exert Torque. Before he exerted much more than a handful of foot pounds, the flywheel nut LOOSENED!

.....Oh, God, thought the Maestro- the previous Turkey FORGOT even to torque the Flywheel Nut!

Credit: http://www.hcpresearch.com/juggler.html

[airkooled05]

I appreciate all the info . The fly wheel is off . On to the next triblulation