Ariston washing machine bolt?

[Fred56]

Hi, I'm in need of urgent help.

I'm trying to remove the belt pulley from the drum spindle on our Ariston A3124 washer. The pulley is secured with a T40 screw with a largish mushroom head. It is so tight that it has twisted my T40 bit. It occurs to me that there is a chance that the screw has a left hand thread and that I'm turning the wrong way.

Does anyone have experience of removing this screw/bolt. Is it right or left hand thread. Does it need an impact driver?

 

[rocks1]

its got locktite on it ,t 40 bit into the slot whack with a copper hammer couple of times and try again ,halfords do t40 lifetime gtee u can try a heat gun on it for a min,to melt locktite ,and yes its anticlockwise to undo

 

[Fred56]

Thanks Rocks

Will give it a bit of heat and then a bash.