DavesZ#3

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All I can tell you is it's hard, very hard. If you have a MT, you have to have it in 6th gear and it helps to have somebody stand on the brakes. If you have an AT, from what I recall reading, your best bet is to try the "crank the engine" trick.

jcpeyton

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+1 on the VERY hard. We ended up wrapping plastic-coated aircraft cable 3x around the pulley, then wrapping the tail of the cable around the sway bar 2/3x, just to keep the crank from turning. As i recall, it's a right-hand bolt. We used a 2 foot breaker bar from underneath, with the car on a lift. It was a bastard, but the bolt finally broke loose.

DavesZ#3

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Another thing - you can't pop it loose by just pulling on the breaker bar. You'll need a couple of sharp jerks to get it to come loose. Slow steady pressure just causes it to slowly turn over the engine/transmission/wheels.

jcpeyton

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Yep. An impact wrench would be ideal, if you could get it in there. We tried, but couldn't find room, even w/ the fans removed.

kamikaZ

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I am prob. going to order this now, I know I am going to forget to check up on the bolt so hopefully everything will hold tight.

kamikaZ

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got mine, looks stock, sounds stock, runs a little better...I like

Z BOY

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protocav installed mine in his garage without removing the fan. he said it wasn't necessary. he did remove the top engine cover and strut bar, tho. install time for him: about an hour.