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Old Feb 13, 2024 | 08:02 AM
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I have an '02 protege 2.0L

I was wondering if there is a flywheel/ crank hub holder for this car that was made for it, or one that people know will work on it with the motor still in the car. I want to torque the crank pulley bolt to spec and I don't feel right just throwing it on with an impact.
(also I am amazed my timing belt made it this far, its at 180k miles and never been done before, only reason I waited so long was because its non-interference so what's the harm)

Please just let me know if there is a tool that can hold it still while torquing the bolt down. Would it be safe to use a camshaft timing tool (the one that holds the 2 cams in sync with eachother) and torque it?
 
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Old Feb 24, 2024 | 09:12 AM
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use rope method. Search youtube. take spark plug out, put rope down into combustion chamber, stops crank from moving while you apply torque
 
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Old Feb 24, 2024 | 01:27 PM
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Ive personally had issues with that method where the rope shears off in the cylinder and I cant get it out. I was just wondering if there was one actually made by Mazda or some other company for holding the fluwhjeel still in car
 
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