"homemade" tools??...photo results FAQ

[grandpa pete]

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[djspn]

If you or friend have access to an Idiot's Guide.........Muir has ideas in the Engine Overhaul chapter, pgs 266 and 299 in my copy.

[Brionp]

I went to Google Images and googled VW Flywheel lock. I thought this one was pretty clever. Good Luck.

[Green70]

I ground the rivets off of an old pressure plate and welded an old t- shaped piece of grarage door track onto it. I bolt it to the flywheel like normal and use it to leverage off the ground. It helps if you have a deep 36mm and a buddy to help hold the engine.

I think you can use a block of wood and a mallet with decent results

[babysnakes]

Pete, I used a PVC sleeve to install the final drive seals in my '72. See if you can find one that is close in size to the main seal.

BTW, I finished cutting out those pillars for you.

[busdaddy]

No pics but I used to have one made out of a ~1.5" length of ~1.5" heavy wall waterpipe sawn in 1/2 lengthwise and welded to a length of 1/2" pipe for the bolt, the sawn off edges of the pipe 1/2 engaged the flywheel teeth.


That reminds me,....................who borrowed that?.........................Hmmmmmmmmmmmm............................
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[louis-123]

my friend shown my to use an old metal bed frame to lock the flywheel..

[Desertbusman]

Pete- Get creative Not all of us use those yellow engine elevator things. Bet you don't even have a bunch of concrete blocks laying around.

With your pressure plate removed so that you can get to the gland nut the bolt holes in the flywheel are accessable. So grab a couple bolts and a heavy long steel bar. turn the flywheel and bolts against the bar so it won't rotate. I'd recommend a long bar at least 4 ft long and preferable longer. I have a flywheel lock but that doesn't solve the problem since when you use your big wrench and 36mm socket the engine will flop all over the place. It won't just sit there while you apply 400 or more pounds of torque to break the gland nut loose. The long bar on the flywheel solves that.

For the seal driver go to Home Depot and grab a PVC pipe coupler or anything else that matches the dia. you need. You're a do-it-yourselfer-home-maintenance guy so you probably already have a suitable fitting in your stash pile.

I use sealant on the outside of the seal/inside of case opening. Also around the Oring area. Be sure and oil the seal I.D.
Most of us intentially crank the gland nut tighter than spec torque. Your socket, breaker arm, long pipe, tape measure, and knowing your current weight will get it exact.
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[SGKent]

for a flywheel lock use a wrench like shown but use spare grade 5 or grade 8 bolts. Don't sue the captured nut. Keep the wrench close to the case so the force doesn't bend the bolts or crack a flange. I'd send you a lock but it would not make it by Saturday.

For the seal for years I used a ballpeen hammer on the flat end tapping it just a little at a time and going round and round. I have been known to use a block of oak to spread the love taps from the hammer but don't hit it too hard or the spring inside the seal will pop out.
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[Desertbusman]

Using the wrench as shown does lock the flywheel to the case but doesn't do anything to secure the engine from turning cartwheels when you put the big wrench on the gland nut. So the wrench as shown really doesn't do anything. You want to lock the flywheel to the floor and not to the case.

The flywheel lock is great for R & R'ing the pressure plate.
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[SGKent]

foot long 4x4 or 4 x 6 under one head while I put one foot on the other side with a wrench like that or a flywheel lock always worked for me. Setting end play was always one of the last things I did to the long block.
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[Desertbusman]

I only do it to a long block also but I don't want to be trying to hold the engine from flopping around while I'm doing the big wrench. Maybe you're a lot heavier than I am.
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[Desertbusman]

I wouldn't do it that way either on a T'1.
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[grandpa pete]

busdady; Great idea !!! I can weld that up tomorrow

DBM;Thanks , I'm off to the plumbing store tomorrow

Baby snakes; will get peices at Bullie Brigade. Maby we can have a small Bay Window protest meeting off in a corner if I can get Mr. Unpopular and some of the others to bring Bays to Bullie ( It's about time they moved into the twentieth century )
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[Green70]

I had the engine flops once when I was flying solo. I negotiated the long lock under the rear of my truck's receiver hitch and started cranking. The engine flopped up, into the bottom of my truck and 'POP', it was loose and I was tired. it is possible to do without the helper bar, but it makes it soooo much easier

[regalasr]

I saw some clever ideas to lock the flywheel on U Tube. Bet there are some ideas for removing the rear main seal as well.

[telford dorr]

I use a 4 foot length of 1-1/2" angle iron, with 2 holes drilled at one end to bolt up to the flywheel (widest spacing possible). The angle iron rotates with the flywheel until the free end contacts the floor. No tendency for the engine itself to rotate when tightening / loosening the gland nut.

I painted the angle iron bright blue as a reminder that it's a tool, not fabrication stock.
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[Desertbusman]

That's pretty much similar to mine. Except yours is blue. Of the various methods it's gotta' be about the most functional and handy.
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[grandpa pete]

Two peices of pipe and 1 hour..1/2 inch nipple and 1 1/2 inch nipple

Not pretty but it works...remember to grind off galvanising before welding

Plumbing fitting to tap in seal..1 1/2 to 3 inch adapter

Thanks to all who contributed
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