Vibration dampener bolt direction

stev1955

Quick question: On the 6cyl Essex engines which way do you loosen the vibration dampener bolt, left or right? I need to re-seal the badly leaking timing gear cover.

Huddy42

An old saying.



Lefty loosy



Righty tighty.



In most cases anyway.

stev1955

I had heard that it might be left-hand threads but the bolt does have the hand crank notch so the engine does spin clockwise facing the front of the engine. So left to loosen it is apparently. Thanks.