02 WRX wagon Camshaft bold, need car advice

[lawman]

I may have mentioned, my 02 WRX wagon died on Sunday.

Overheated.  Opened it up and the radiator seam had sprung a leak and was shooting boiling coolant.  We patched that back together and replaced the thermostat.  Still overheating, and it now appears to be the water pump.  I'm working on replacing that, but the bolt on the end of the crankshaft has to come off, and I can't seem to get it off.  Tried an imact wrench at 140psi.  Tried a 6ft breaker bar.  Tried everything in between.

Anyone have any suggestions?  It's really just a 22mm stuckass bold on a crankshaft.  I've seen crazy suggestions from jam a scredriver through the crank pulley to put a breaker bar on and start the engine, and apparently there's a special tool out there that fits over the crank pulley that noone has or has seen.  I can't find that tool, obviously.  Anyone else work on a scooby before?

[joshr08]

is that a left hand thread on that?

[lawman]

is that a left hand thread on that?

Interesting you should ask.  The service manual doesn't say, and no one specifically says online.  Makes sense for it to be, otherwise it would possibly spin loose.

[joshr08]

  just a thought

[natedawg120]

which ever way the crank rotates should be the direction that you have to turn the bolt to loosen it. 

[DoD#i]

It may also be red loctited, in which case a torch is more or less required. But going the right direction (whichever that is) also helps.

[lawman]

I did some research because I didn't want to feel like a total idiot.

This guy spins it to the left, which is what we're trying: http://www.hspn.tv/?videoid=65&catid=1

He uses a breaker bar and it just comes right off...

[jserio]

here's an idea........go to a dealership and talk to a mechanic. i'm sure they've run into this problem before. if you find the right dealership, you'll run into a cool mechanic that's willing to talk to you about your problem.     

[lawman]

The friend who has it in his garage called me last night to tell me that the bolt just came off.  We had PB Blastered it for 4 straight days, and sitting apparently let the penetrating oil get through.  He said it popped right off with the breaker bar.

Now for the hard part...