Yep very common issue mate!

Hahaha mine were too! & cheers!

Same here! You saw the whole engine moving while he was tightning 😱

@@GeorgeAusters The offical locking tool I saw are very short, what wall thickness pipe do you recommend to extend it to the subframe?

Yeah likely was the original, very common problem 👍🏻

Cheers mate

Thanks again mate!

Yeah it wasn't the original so don't think it was torqued up properly. With that being said, I think my impact wrench would still undo it as it has like 1600nm of breakaway torque

Good luck!

Thank you man!

Thanks 👍

i assume this doesnot work with cars with automatic transmission

Thanks 👍

Absolutely!

I’m sure I’ll do an M57 engine at some point!

I did it the pulley replace job on my m57n2 engine. Did it all without any special tools. Even removed and installed the stretchbelt again with just a rope and rotating the pulley by hand. Stopped the rotation by jamming the pulley with breaker bar(or anything) on ground to the center on pulley to unbolt and torque. That actually was lot easier than i feared.

Good idea!, question is, can +400nM through the gear chain move the car while you are trying to torque it up?

Nothing else needed on the bolt, breaker bar just use the biggest you can find and an extension bar because you’ll need it

@@GeorgeAusters i only have 1/2, i hope it will be enough. Extension bar is a must, of course

That should work, right? I need to change mine as well

@@danielagyei9987 did you figure out if it worked? my cranskshaft pulley literally destryoed itself and i need to replace it

Won’t hold it unfortunately👍🏻

If anyone had difficulty taking off, then you can get a friend to hold the brakes in gear if it is a manual transmission. The car can be put into 1st or reverse. Will the clutch slip? No, because it is normally rated for more torque than what you'll be able to put on the little bolt. When you install the bolt, you can put engine oil onto the treads to lower the required torque by 40 percent.

I would just ask them if they have torqued it up to proper spec

Yeah will do I'll ask what they have torqued it too instead of saying has it been done to 400nm 😂 thanks for the reply! 🙂😎

Good luck mate👍🏻

Thanks bud will keep you posted keep up with the great Vids they've helped so much! 😎

Nope it’s a standard thread, just very tight

Impacts don’t work like a drill, they work like a hammer and don’t spin the bolt

Hahahaha ffs! I think that was likely the case with the previous one too as that was definitely not tight enough!

Yep not worth it

My dad just measured up the voids from the crankshaft pulley and cnc’d them out in a piece of aluminium

@@GeorgeAusters perfect thanks. I’ll do some measuring and brake out solidworks 😂

You can drive without the drive belt but you’ll have no power steering and your battery will go flat before long

Just had the same issue yesterday. Yes, you can drive to the garage, but shift very carefully and don't rev the engine. The belt is not held properly and might jump off any moment since it is being driven by this smooth part. You will lose power steering and the alternator if the belt snaps.

Are you using the same pulley I used in this video or a cheap chinese one?

@@GeorgeAusters got the Febi one from amazon.

Just doing my son's 320d (2006) same problem with locking the engine for undoing (got the pucker tool and a 5ft breaker bar extension) tight! Jeeezus H Christ! Snapped a Facom 3/4 drive! And the lugs on the hub just chew up, the damn thing is aluminium, (yes it's a FebBilstein) why not steel? The locking tool is unscathed. Watch this space boys, going back tomorrow.........BTW, I think the N47 has four fixing bolts and the variant with the single bolt is a N47T2 engine?........

How many miles on it? They usually only last 100K miles or so

240000 miles!

Mine held 139.000 and then disintegrated into two pieces throwing the belt off. N47D20c made in 2010 :)

@@GeorgeAusters the M57s in my two BMW have 170k and 173k miles, no sign of any play in the crank pulley. I checked recently as I had to change the water pump on both of them. The differences between the M47 and M57 can be significant as can the procedures for working on an M57 vs an M47.

No, it just rotates the engine

You will need to to torque the bolts up or it’ll likely spin

@@GeorgeAusters can this be done without locking the engine pal

Noy actually sure where it is now if i'm being honest!

Yes just about

Yeah don't think it was torqued up properly but think this impact wrench could undo it as it has over 1000nm breakaway torque

It's definitely not getting scrapped lol

My dad machined it👍🏻

Iv bought the tool mate iv got a e87 with the m47 engine had me and a friend try and its not moving at all broke a breaker bar in process

Any tips or advice would be much appreciated

You need a longer bar to lever with

@@GeorgeAusters its like you said I feel like something from those explosion memes is going to happen

@@GeorgeAusters one of the more nerve racking things ever I have just finished After 3 day torture Reached 149degrees and had enough when the special tool fell out bcoz the walls of the pulley and the tool are slanted not 90degrees angle There is NO WAY i would have reached the final stage without greasing the entire shit with graphite grease I had to use 2pipes 1.5meters long One for countering with special tool and to lever the tool in the pulley And other pipe for 22mm socket For comparison vw golf 4 from 2000 with 85kw for the pulley first stage 60Nm 2nd stage 60degrees With the golf having waaaay better acceleration and 25Nm more torque from engine I would know bcoz i own both Do not bolt in the pulley w/out greasing!!!

The bolt is not supposed to be greased

@@GeorgeAusters ocean going cargo ships main engine cylinders are bolted down with huge bolts Bolts are greased or oiled And then bolts are tightened with special hydraulic tools The tightening force is massive which is no surprise I know that from proffesional experience Effects of metal on metal friction is well known What is surprising the force for this engine when an engine with more torque output uses only 60Nm and finaly 60degrees

Try it lol, just slips.. in gear will only hold it to about 40nm

@@GeorgeAusters normally it has to hold if you push the hand brake and put in gear, it slips only if the rear wheels are not touching the ground , I will do this job on weekend on my E46 so I'm trying to find a solution because I don't have the Locking tool

Not a chance at this torque

My guess is that it wasn't torqued up properly before as this pulley was not the original

The dewalt is a beast

Lol try it then

Very good

Best thing is i told people that a certain company is sending me a digital dash free to reeeview for dem but someone asked the company on there channel and they said they dont have any intention to send anything 😂

Shows how bad he is with his new video i put that exact ugdo android screen in my car over a year ago and it literally takes 20mins max just plug and play. And hes saying it was really intense and took him 7 hours to fit. Theres loads of install videos on here showing how simple and quick it is even though he says its not being released until he says so 😂 and rhat his is the first video. I think he lies that much that he actually believes it

The beginning of the video is hilarious looks like someone reboots him. just dont watch more than 20 seconds or your eyes start to bleed

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@@bmwdocta9046 Haha you talk better than he does to be fair

Good chance yes

Very common issue

@@GeorgeAusters Hi George, so having a nightmare with this bolt. My local garage cant get the thing off, theyve tried heating up the bolt, blocking the fly wheel, using the crankpulley tool against the sub frame and using a breaker bar with no joy. The teeth have torn on the crank pulley also for the tool. Any tips or other methods you could suggest?

@@theeroom Do they not have a big impact wrench?

@@GeorgeAusters yeah sorry forgot to mention they tried a 1100N impact gun on it 😞. May cut the bolt off and drill into it?

Did it have full charge? The bolt should only be around 400nm

No need if torqued properly

I think the earlier ones just have 1

I think the earlier ones just have 1

Wrong.. It wasn't loosened prior

Hahaha