Engine Turning Tool?
- Thread starter WI Huck
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If the engine is complete then you can just put a socket on the alternator bolt on 01-05 trucks. Other wise the balancer is how I've always done it.
I'm guessing by no access to crank bolt you mean no way to physically get on it due to something in the way, not that you simply dont have one.
Is there anything else belt driven off the front you could turn? I use the alternator to turn every truck over but since you don't have one maybe you have something else?
I think something in the starter hole would be a royal PITA. Unless you run a huge extension up front.
I have not seen one specific for the duramax but haven't looked either. If the teeth on a different one match the flywheel then you could machine something to hold the tool in the starter hole.
If the teeth on the cummins one work you could machine a plate to position the tool on the flywheel and that will bolt into starter holes.
http://www.otctools.com/products/cummins-engine-barring-tool
Is there anything else belt driven off the front you could turn? I use the alternator to turn every truck over but since you don't have one maybe you have something else?
I think something in the starter hole would be a royal PITA. Unless you run a huge extension up front.
I have not seen one specific for the duramax but haven't looked either. If the teeth on a different one match the flywheel then you could machine something to hold the tool in the starter hole.
If the teeth on the cummins one work you could machine a plate to position the tool on the flywheel and that will bolt into starter holes.
http://www.otctools.com/products/cummins-engine-barring-tool
Got an old starter? Weld to gearin its engaged position, take the back cover of and weld a large hex bolt or nut onto the back of the starter shaft. Or something like that.
If he's like the rest of us hes probably got junk duramax starters everywhere. About the only thing the replacements are good for is door stops.