Crank Shaft crap @_@;

My water pump broke so I'm still replacing it. Also taking keith's advice to replace the timing bely as well. I got stuck on this part:

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2 questions
How do I get it off? I tried taking off the main bolt (inner one) but it just moves all over the place.

Where do I buy a timing cover seal or gasket? pepboys and kragen don't have it.

The easiest way to get the crank bolt loose for me was to put the car in 5th gear, and crank up the parking brake, and then use a socket wrench with a 2-3 foot breaker bar slipped over the socket wrench and lean into it and it should come free. Keep in mind the torque on this bolt is like 90 ft. lbs.....so it's gonna be a little tough breaking it free. Now with yours being an auto tranny you might be able to leave it in park....if that doesn't work, try puttin it into "D" and crank up the parking brake.
As far as the timing cover gaskets.....Nisssan will be your best bet. I got mine there and they are pretty cheap. There are 4 pieces......2 for the top cover, and 2 for the bottom cover.

Now with yours being an auto tranny you might be able to leave it in park....if that doesn't work, try puttin it into "D" and crank up the parking brake.
That doesn't work because the trans won't hold the engine from turning. The engine turns the torque converter that poweres the pump inside the trans that provides the hydraulic power that makes the trans work.

The best way to get that bolt loose is to use an impact gun. If you don't have access to one you can install one belt (power steering works well because it is the shortest) and make it as tight as you can. You can then put a breaker bar in the hole of the pully to keep the crank from turning. This is what I did when I torqued my crank bolt down. Works quite well.

Thats what I did on mine and it came loose. When I had it in first gear even with all the belts on their pulleys and the brake up.....the back wheels still turned when I tried to loosen the crank bolt.....but when I put it in 5th and tried.... the tires stayed put, and the bolt broke free.....but then again it's a 5 speed not auto, so this may not work in your case.
But yeah an impact wrench would probably be the easiest way...but clearence may be a problem with the radiator in the engine bay.

You mean I have to install it back, again? AARRRGGGGHHH! Took me two hrs just to get it here.... ok,ok I'll do it.

OK I'm screwed. I just rounded out the bolt. What can I do?

You guys do it the hard way. You put the car in FIRST, put the socket on the big center nut (better be a 1/2" drive!), put on yor big 1/2" ratchet with a piece of pipe to extend it, rest it on the ground.

Detatch the coil wires, and then crank it over a couple times. Let the engine break it lose for you.

Marvin, you now need to pound on a smaller socket, and then get a new center nut. But since you don't have the clearance for that, you're probably better off letting a shop do it.

If you had used the right size socket you shouldn't have rounded it off. Sometimes it might seem like the right size but it isn't, and sometimes you think it's metric but WHOA! it's not.

Wouldn't you snap a 1/4 drive doing that, don't you mean a 1/2 drive?

Whups! haha! you're right, of course, and that's what I used. I edited the post.

He might even mean a 3/4, and Arro aren't all the bolts on the engine metric; if they're not maybe Nissan was doing more than dope...lol

He might even mean a 3/4, and Arro aren't all the bolts on the engine metric; if they're not maybe Nissan was doing more than dope...lolMitsus use a few SAE fasteners, so who knows what's on a Nissan.

And I mean 1/2, I'm talking about the ratchet drive not the socket size.

Mitsus use a few SAE fasteners, so who knows what's on a Nissan.

And I mean 1/2, I'm talking about the ratchet drive not the socket size.
I can understand mitsu's doing that...they have fairly strong ties to Chrysler, but with Nissan nothing surprises me anymore...I just take the punches as they are dealt...

And I just saw now that you changed it to half...we posted at the same time, which made me look like a dope, plus you can put a lot of leverage on a 3/4" ratchet, so I thought that could be plausible too...lol

impact wrench is the safest way to loosen such stubborn bolts without damge or swearing

Unfortunately it stuck on the driveway and I did use the right metric setting. 14mm bolt head. Did everything what you guys told me to do just ****ing thing was super stubborn. I have get a special tool to get it out now. :(

take starter off
put a screw driver in there and make sure it's staying there
and you can go all you want at the crank sprocket