What is the best way to remove a crankshaft bolt on a 88 Acura Legend?

I guess you’ve seen this then??

Other than this I’m no help at all sorry…... I’m with you anyway, get some fresh arms on the job…....

I’m just wondering if you’ve checked the handedness of the thread? Something rattling around in my brain about Honda motors of that era is they turn the opposite way from most.

Hitting the starter would have tightened the bolt. Best to use the gadget that @Scooby found.

Well I am heading out to the garage, with a tool I rented for $52 for 48 hours. If I get it back before then I get my $ back. Part # 67101 at Oriely’s. It is special made for Honda to remove the crankshaft bolt so wish me luck…Good luck to all who have the guts to tackle a job on their own.

Best of luck, let us know how you get on…..... ;-)

Hey everyone, well turns out the tool was a wrong tool, I think it was a harmonic balance puller. The guy at the parts store didn’t have a clue anyway I got it off. What I did was borrow a impact wrench when that didn’t work I heated the end of the bolt of the crankshaft with a torch for about 5 minutes or so, then impact, then breaker bar, heat and so on. Finally got it with the breaker bar and some good ol fashion muscle. Took me 2½ hours what a joke. Then I finished taking out the pump and now headin to the parts store, over and out…

Also wanted to add a little trick I used, if you have a power steering pump puller use it to hold the pulley still by putting the part that pulls of a power steering pump thru a hole in the pulley closest to the frame, next take the end flat part and wedge it and tighten it against the inside of the fender and or frame. This will assure you that now you can put all attention on the crankshaft bolt. Putting it all back together tonight. Take care hope this helps someone.

Too bad I’ve responded late. It is always a good idea to keep an oxygen acetylene torch handy. You can easily purchase small portable tanks at most hardware or auto parts stores. They’ve gotten me out of many jams pertaining to loosening seized bolts.

You can use propane with oxygen as well and I believe the propane is a little cheaper than the acetylene but the oxy propane should still create enough heat for you. Remember to use a heating nozzle over a cutting/welding nozzle. If you don’t have a heating nozzle keep the oxygen down a bit so you don’t damage the head of your bolt.

Sometimes it doesn’t hurt to soak the bolt/seized part in PB Blaster before using a breaker bar. My best experiences with loosening bolts has been with PB Blaster but this doesn’t always work I will admit.