CammedTA

Hey guys I need some tips on get my crank pulley off. I m doing oil pump and timing chian swap and the pulley is being a real bitch!

Grimes

iTrader: (3)

you really have to get the puller on there straight. if it's off the crank axis by even a little, it will be much harder to get off. Take your time and it will get off of there!

jmm98LS1

iTrader: (28)

I grabbed my little propane torch from home depot and heated up the pulley a little and it came off much easier with the puller. Amazing what a little heat can do! Did the same thing to the asp pulley before putting it on and it slid 80% of the way on the crank snout with my bare hands (+ oven mits!)

777

iTrader: (21)

Break the bolt loose, then take it all the way out. Now put it in about 4 full turns, use the puller and take the pulley off as far as you can. Now *I* took the bolt out and put a crappy socket in it's place (big enough to not be able to fit into the bolt hole, but small enough to let the pulley slide out) Then i started wrenching on that till the pulley was off. That's the best way that I can think of, but I'm sure there are better ways. I'm not a fan of using the torch, probably because I don't have one

777

iTrader: (21)

My asp pulley slid on quite a bit without putting into the oven, I think it's tolerances are little bigger than the stock pulley.