I have to remove the failed harmonic balancer on my newly acquired 1989 VdP and I am curious if anyone can tell me the best way to lock the engine from turning while I try to remove the crank pulley bolt that holds the harmonic balancer onto the front of the crank.

Is it necessary to remove the starter to access the ring gear to accomplish this?

Thanks in advance for any hints.
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Steve

 

Steve - make yourself one of the brackets I made up and have a read of my recent balancer experiences in this thread

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...-issue-221378/

Larry

 

So I tried the bump starter method today and the crank bolt came right off using this technique. Thanks everyone for the suggestions. Now I will see about refitting the rebuilt balancer I happen to already have in stock.

 

Replaced mine in April. It's easy like, rolling outta bed in the morning.

 

I have a tool that I bought that allows you to take off the crank bolt with limited space. I beat on that thing for 20 minutes and nothing. I did the bump stater method and right off lol.