Lisle 77080 19 Mm Harmonic Balancer Socket For for Honda

I’ve fought with these infamous Honda crank bolts before and always managed to remove them with a crank locking tool, breaker bar, and force. Finally met my match on one, though… Used heat, PB blaster, extensions, breaker bars, and a regular impact wrench at length, but no dice. I THOUGHT I broke it loose at one one point, but after using a 4 ft cheater bar, throwing everything I had at it, and hearing a BANG!!! like a gunshot, I heard pieces scattering across my garage floor. Looked in the wheel well of the 05 CR-V I was working on expecting to see a broken socket or breaker bar joint, but discovered the flange on the harmonic balancer meant to hold the crank locking tool actually broke off of the balancer face! That’s a first for me. Exasperated, I was about to just go invest in a monster impact wrench and hope it worked, but figured I’d be reasonable and order one of these sockets first. As soon as it came to the house, I put it on my cheap Harbor Freight air impact (I think it’s rated for 600 or so lb. ft torque) and gave it a try… At first, nothing, affirming my doubts. Then I cranked the air supply from 90 something to 125+ psi, and after a couple of ten second or so pulls on the trigger, suddenly I heard the familiar “blat blat blat ZOOOOOOM” of success! I could not believe it. I understand the physics, but it felt like freaking magic. Could not believe, after all the violence I threw at that bolt, a concept as simple as weighted socket on an impact could make THAT much difference. 10/10. Would absolutely recommend. Just wish I would’ve ordered one a long time ago and done something different with those lost bolt fighting hours of my life.

Worked really good

This is the perfect length to use on the crank pulley bolt without the need for any extension. I used it on a 2013 Honda Accord with the 3.5L V6. I spent a day trying to remove the bolt, and broke two breaker bars in the process. Once I got this, the bolt came off with only 2 hammer hits from my Milwaukee 2967-20. This is exactly the tool you need.

Item is ad described. Zapped my 2003 civics crank bolt right off with my impact gun. Much worth the price not having to work about the other option (breaker bars, locking tool in conjuction with with a wrench with an extension wedged on the control arm). Heck I would advise anyone that's getting this deep into DIY to bite the bullet and get an impact gun. Its a life saver.

This thing takes the harmonic balancer bolt right off!

I tried for two days to get the crankshaft pulley bolt out on my 03 Acura MDX 3.5L. I tried the caveman method with cheater bars, the special crank holder tool, soaking it with Kroil then doing the caveman, heating it with a butane torch, soaking it in Kroil, and doing the caveman -- nothing. I put my beast of an impact driver on it and hammered away. Still nothing. Heated it and impact hammered it. Nope. Frustrated and very sweaty, I went on YouTube and found a video of a guy with a special socket he said was made by "Titan", I think. The socket was a standard 19mm impact socket welded into a larger piece of pipe. He stuck his impact gun with this homemade looking socket on the crank, zipped it, and out came the bolt! I had to have me one of these and I had to have it today (well, tomorrow actually with one day Prime and some extra bucks). I found this one here on Amazon and ordered it. It came this morning. The bolt on my crank is out. That's why I'm writing this glowing review. Amazing. If you're in this situation, I urge you to buy this socket now. Think of the hair you'll save on your head as well as the Xanax you won't need. I have a 3/4" drive 1400 lb./ft. (or so) impact gun with a 3/4" to 1/2" impact drive adapter. The only reason I own this beast is for crank pulley bolts. I put this socket directly on the impact gun (no extensions) and I hit with 100 PSI of regulated air through a 3/8" ID rubber air hose. My compressor is not a large one, a DeWalt that produces 3CFM at 90PSI, I think. I hit it for about a minute, and nothing. I let the compressor catch up. I hit it again for about a minute. Nothing. I let the compressor catch up. The third time, I notice immediately that the gun was spinning faster, and then it broke. Out came the *&(_)^ crank bolt! The socket itself is made in Taiwan, patent pending, comes in a nice plastic bag in a nice cardboard box, it's well finished, and precision machined. Very heavy, which is what makes it work so well. I was very pleased with the quality. Good luck, fellow knucklebusters.

Writing this to help other Honda owners. I am doing a timing belt on my 2010 Accord V6, and based on the videos and forum info, this tool seemed like the way to go. FYI, I already own the harmonic pulley holding tool (hex shaped) and used it once a few years back on another Honda...it was a nightmare, and seriously sounded like a 45 cal handgun went off when the bolt finally came loose. Once I got this tool, I figured that I better make sure it works BEFORE I actually start the timing belt job. Getting to the bolt only requires removing the front right wheel and a couple of plastic fasteners and bending the plastic down out of the way. I figured I should make sure I can get the bolt loose, and then I can immediately re-tighten and put the wheel back on until I'm really ready to do the whole timing belt job and water pump ect. First I used my very old Ingersoll Rand 231 (freshly rebuilt) set on 110 psi. Did not work. So I went to Lowes and got a new Kobalt Impact (700 ft-lbs) for about $100. It didn't work. So I watched all of the videos online showing guys zipping that bolt off with their 1/2" impacts and wondered what I was doing wrong. So I drained the air out of my tank, removed a gauge that was directly on the tank, and put my hose there (bypassing the regulator altogether, AS WELL AS ELIMINATING ANY RESTRICTION FROM THE QUICK DISCONNECT FITTINGS). Same thing at the tool end of the hose: removed the quick disconnect fittings and plumbed hose straight to the IR 231. Still did not work. So finally, I put the new Kobalt directly on the hose (now with no restrictions) and guess what. Success. So if you buy this tool, make sure you: number 1: have an excellent impact gun, number 2: use high flow fittings or no fittings (directly plumbed to tank and tool) to eliminate restrictions, number 3: at least 3/8 ID hose. Good flow and a great gun are necessary for this tool to work. But it does indeed work, and is soooo worth the trouble. Hope this helps somebody.

This is one of the best tools I have ever purchased. I have done over 20 timing belts on Hondas over the years and getting the balancer bolt off has always been this biggest issue. This made taking the balancer bolt off just like any other bolt. This is worth every penny if you plan to do a timing belt change out.