My nuts are too tight, HELP!

ALRIGHT, I'm trying to take the cam nut off my '78 SC engine so I can continue my rebuild. I bought all the tools that I should need from pelican and still am having no luck whatsoever. I'm 6'6", 230 lbs and my "little" brother is 6'5", 260 lbs and we have tried just about everything to get that bastard off. Any ideas? Maybe we are using too much muscle and not enough brains!
Any advice would be greatly appreciated because, once again, I am getting frusterated and about to see if throwing it out the garage door will help. Thanks,

Adam Roseneck

Oh yeah, how do you drain the tranny fluid? I pulled the plug and nothing came out.

try boxers instead of briefs. Sorry, I couldn't resist! Anyway, regarding the tranny, are you sure you removed the drain plug, and not the fill plug?


-EJ

Adam,

Is the engine on a stand or on the ground, bench, etc.??? Is the flywheel locked in place? How long a breaker bar are you using? On the big 46 mm nut you probably need to use a 1-2 meter piece of steel pipe slipped over the breaker bar, slid all the way down to the socket, and have the breaker at about a 30 degree 'up' angle, so you will be to the left of the engine, and your weight should be sufficient. ... mine has never been over 175, and was 30 lbs less the last time I had to break loose an axle nut, and I had no trouble with a five foot pipe. For the smaller 19 mm nut ... same pipe and angle, and it should take a lot less force! Have your brother brace/lean on the engine to keep it from sliding or moving around.

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Warren Hall
1973 911S Targa

Thanks for your advice, I think I did pull the fill (oops). I actually just got the cam nut off. Here's how I did it (quite inventive actually):
My problem was that the wrench I was using (an offset hammer wrench about 12") was slipping off the nut everytime I applied force. I used my pulley wrench (ordered from pelican) and braced it up against a stud so the flywheel didn't move. I proceded to take a piece of wood and drill 2 hole in it so that it would but up against the tensioner housing. I bolted it down (using the holes I drilled) to the studs from the cam shaft housing so that the wood would hold the wrench on the nut. I then proceded to use my gigantic muscles and the nut was no match for these pipes!

Check out my next post to see what I found! Thanks again!

Adam Roseneck
P.S. I do wear boxers...