Nucleus wrote:

carlos moto wrote:

How is everyone? I need some help, I' trying to loosen the rear nut of my
13b. Does it turns clockwise or counterclockwise. I have been trying to
loosen it for the longest, and it does not want to give up.
thank you for your help, Carlos noto.

Carlos, you didn't mention what tool you were using.  I have found it essential  to
have the right socket in this situation, I believe it is a 53mm, what I got for the
job (because it was in  stock) was a 2 1/8 th inch NAPA socket, and a 3/4 to 1/2
inch drive adapter so it would fit my 1/2 inch drive impact wrench.  A 3/4 drive
impact wrench would be even better, but mine came off right away with my cheesy
electric craftsman impact wrench.  It definitely turns CCW, like Paul said.

After you get the nut off, your next challenge will be the flywheel.  My
suggestion:  Using a piece of scrap wood to protect it, hit it near the edge,
axially towards the engine, with a 5 pound sledgehammer, hard!

Good luck,

Hans

PS  I had the same trouble on my first teardown, so I called my friend who was an
RX-7 mechanic, and he just laughed at me when I told him I was trying to take off
the flywheel nut with an huge adjustable wrench!  He actually had to come over to
hammer off the flywheel for me, I had been afraid to damaged it, and was using a
smaller hammer, a rubber sledgehammer, really being far too tender, and was trying
to hit it away from the engine (the engine gets in the way of your swing that way).
He grabbed my real sledge hammer, didn't bother with a piece of wood, and broke it
loose in one whack.  and I had been hammering on it for a day and a half!

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