LOL! We love you too, Wreckless10. Merry Christmas!

You're welcome, Skadi. I'm glad the video helped you. ;)

That's one of the nicest comments I've ever received, Ayman. Thank you for that. I'll pass it along to Sister.

That's wonderful to hear, FFFEZZYYY! You're welcome.

Yep, me too. ;)

I came from the hd Diesel side of things and glad I hung on to my 1" drive stuff. Very rarely do I need it but it laughs at bolts like this.

WONDERFUL to hear, Yavier! You're certainly welcome, and thank you for the thoughtful comment.

Thank you, Frankie.

You're welcome, Sarah, and thank you. Mine is a 1995 Camry, and good luck on yours!

Thank you, pnweezy.

You're welcome, W S. Just remember--just BUMP the engine, but don't start it. Make sure that whatever material, like wood, you use to wedge between the ratchet handle and the upper body of the car is solid and won't allow the ratchet to give or move too much. I wish you great success! It's thrilling when the crankshaft bolt gives way. When you torque the harmonic/crankshaft bolt back on, torque it to 80 ft. lbs. Happy DIYing!

DeWalt 950Nm impact driver would get that off

@@bEEBO178 borrowed an impact from my neighbor and it worked 1st time. Did the entire timing belt job by myself on the first try. Pretty happy with that result.

@@frugaldiy1 How do you avoid accidentally starting the engine? Watching the video I thought removing the spark plug wires ensures that the engine won't start?

@@purelogic3595 You take the spark plugs wires off the spark plugs cuz then no sparky. Don't risk it. Don't fully rotate the key in the ignition. Just give the key a slight "bump."

You're welcome, and thank you.

Wonderful, Luis!!! I love to hear that. ;)

I'd like to help you, Irosh, but I don't understand the question. Please clarify what you mean, and I'll try to help you.

@@frugaldiy1 after replacing the harmonic balancer pulley, how do you fix the bolt again? Hand pressure would enough?

@@iroshwimaladharma5840 you will need to find the torque specification for your vehicle, relative to that part. Then you set the wrench to your desired torque spec and ratchet like normal. As you tighten the bolt with the torque wrench, when you hit the chosen setting it will "click", and you'll know that you got it to the correct tightness. (Two more tips: Practice using the torque wrench on some inconsequential bolt. Start with a weak/light setting and work your way up a couple times to a tighter setting. This will give you confidence in how you're using it before you tackle a serious bolt like this one. Next--never use your torque wrench for anything other than tightening bolts during the assembly process. This will help maintain it's "calibration". I specifically mean, don't be using it to remove bolts, and personally, I wouldn't use it on bolts that are no big deal, either.) You're probably watching this vid anticipating some serious work so, good luck!

Yep, it's a bit of a nail-biter moment for sure, Anubis. I understand your feeling. ;)

Me too. ;)

I can't answer that because i'm not familiar with that engine. If it helps, my Camry engine rotates clockwise.

LOL! You made me laugh, Lisa. Thank you for that! Sister and I enjoy working on vehicles and all sorts of projects. They're gonna have to pry our many tools out of our cold, dead hands. ;)

It didn't on my car.

@@frugaldiy1 Yes why the wrench drops when performing this. Of course force of the crank turning is much higher than the wrench holding the bolt. I believe the engine still turns counter a bit with the timing belt attached. I have one more method to try before trying it your way. Thanks for the video.

The racket drops because it loses tension when you bump the engine. You're welcome, simple.

I finally did it your way because nothing else worked. I used a long breaker arm and placed it against the lower control arm. It worked like a charm. Btw… torque on this bolt for my Solara is 169 ft/lbs. I used a compact wrench with 250 ft/lbs and still couldn’t get the bolt off. Timing belt had been changed before. Any idea why some bolts are torqued so high?

Wonderful to hear! I'm glad it worked for you. Yes, the reason some bolts are over torqued, like mine and yours, is because folks use an impact wrench to tighten the bolt, instead of a torque wrench, and they over tighten the bolt. It's a lazy person's way to do it. Tighten the bolt to torque specs when you put it back on and you won't have a problem getting it off in the future. ;)