Timeline for Is there a wrong position or engine phase to insert a locking pin?
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| Jan 11, 2023 at 10:32 | comment | added | HandyHowie | I have just read the manual @Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 posted. I believe that you were not meant to use the locking pin to undo the crankshaft bolt. The manual talks about locking the flywheel with a screwdriver when undoing the crankshaft pulley bolt. | |
| Jan 10, 2023 at 15:00 | comment | added | Jim | Not sure I was clear enough. It's a bit tricky to explain. Does the locking-pin go into the crank shaft itself? Or does it just protrude deep enough to catch on to any part connected to the shaft, to stop the shaft rotating? See page 7 of the k7m timing-belt manual you posted. | |
| Jan 10, 2023 at 14:52 | comment | added | Jim | Not sure I was clear enough. I'll try to phrase question. Is there a single point in the 4-stroke cycle for the locking pin to be inserted? Or can it do it's job even if it doesn't go in as far as another point in the cycle? | |
| Jan 10, 2023 at 14:44 | comment | added | Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2♦ | @Jim - I was using TDC as an example, not specifically for your engine. I'm just saying, the pin is only used to keep the crank in place. As long as it goes through the crank pin hole into the block hole, you can't really do it wrong. Ultimately, you need to use the cam and crank gear alignment marks to get everything timed correctly. | |
| Jan 10, 2023 at 14:37 | comment | added | Jim | I had to try several iterations of putting the pin in to find out where the deepest point was. So that's why I thought perhaps I had put it in at the wrong point in the cycle. It did lock the engine but when I later found the deepest insertion point, it got me thinking I hope I didn't do damage because it didn't go in as deep before... and before was when I put the crank bolt under the most strain. I was under the impression I could insert it wherever I stopped to make my markings, which from previous questions I knew could be anywhere i.e. not necessarily at TDC. | |
| Jan 10, 2023 at 11:53 | history | answered | Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |