Steel holding bar bolted to a crank pulley to remove the center…

Close-up from underneath an engine showing the crankshaft pulley/harmonic balancer with a flat steel bar bolted across its face as a holding tool so the hex center bolt can be broken loose. Oily timing-cover and oil-pan surfaces and a rusty exhaust pipe are visible behind the pulley.

AI caption January 2006 · Photo 188 of 190