easiest way to take off crank pulley bolt?

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with one of those

ideal

X2, i cant ever get them to come off with a impact gun.

ive never got it off with an impact either other than a 3/4 impact.

I've heard of people bumping the ignition with a wrench on it, but I've never had the guts to do it like that. You can also use a strap wrench which are like 5$ at advanced auto. Takes some grunting and sweat, but just use a breaker bar or something and you should be able to get her off.

the bump thing is garage. a strap wrench from autozone isnt going to hold up. a snap on or any other 24" chain wrench it will work.

In a worst-case scenario you can take the oil pan off and wedge a block of wood between one of the counterweights on the crank and the block to keep it from spinning.

But putting a breaker bar on and tapping it with a hammer usually gets the job done. I wouldn't use a ratchet because you could strip the ratchet's gear out by beating on it. And a breaker bar is more solid and transfers the force of the hammer impact better. Don't forget to spray it with PB Blaster first, that will help too.

thats a lot of extra work.