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And yes, it's reasonably simple to fit a socket to a long knuckle bar, rest said bar against the subframe and hit the starter switch. I've been releasing crank dog nuts by this method for over 50 years, not just on Triumphs, but everything else as well.
Same here.
Although not
everything you haven't....
You won't have done it on a (or possibly a lot of) Honda(s).......
Care to take a guess as to why?
Because the Honda crank (or at least, some of them) turns anticlockwise! Because of this the dognut does itself up even tighter in service. Quite often, even an industrial grade 1" drive airgun fails to loosen Honda dog nuts. My normal method involves removing the starter, locking the crank with a crowbar in the ring gear teeth and then loosening the dognut with a socket, long extension resting on an axle stand, turned by a 6ft long commercial torque wrench! Which I often end up literally swinging from!
I've also come unstuck once doing it like that on a newish Fiesta with no keyway on the crank pulley! A lot of moderns have this REALLY USELESS design now. Honestly, to save a few pence on machining costs and a Woodruff key!
But it's no bother on a PROPER car!
I WAS going to add these caveats on the initial post, but thought no-one would be interested in Hondas or other modern stuff!
Steve