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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 08:33 PM
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can't get my balancer off. I have a 3 jaw puller an the damn thing looks like its ready 2 blow apart wtf. (YES THE BOLT IS OUT FOR U SMART ASSES). Anyone have any tips. use heat? its on a 01 camaro z28
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Not sure what tyoe of 3 jaw puller you have. The Autozone 'chrysler type' harmonic balancer puller works very well on our cars. They rent it for free.
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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 10:38 PM
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Not sure what tyoe of 3 jaw puller you have. The Autozone 'chrysler type' harmonic balancer puller works very well on our cars. They rent it for free.
it was a small gear & bearing puller.
what about the p.s pump pulley what's a good puller 4 that
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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 11:19 PM
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If you're swapping heads best thing to do is leave the power steering pulley on and remove the whole pump from the front of the motor. It shows how here:
http://www.ls1howto.com/index.php?article=2
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Originally Posted by massls1guy
Not sure what tyoe of 3 jaw puller you have. The Autozone 'chrysler type' harmonic balancer puller works very well on our cars. They rent it for free.
+100 the chrysler puller from autozone takes the stock pulley of like butter.
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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 12:32 PM
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The Autozone 'chrysler type' harmonic balancer puller thats what i used
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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 12:38 PM
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As mentioned the puller from AutoZone works fine. I just used it a few days ago. The one I went to had 2 different sizes of the 3 jaw puller - make sure you get the big daddy. One you have it you'll need to detach one of the arms and then reconnect it once you have the puller in the center and ready to go b/c it's a tight fit and there was no way I could get all 3 arms in there without disconnecting one of them first. If the bolt it out then what are you pushing the pin of the puller against?
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can't get my balancer off. I have a 3 jaw puller an the damn thing looks like its ready 2 blow apart wtf. (YES THE BOLT IS OUT FOR U SMART ASSES). Anyone have any tips. use heat? its on a 01 camaro z28
We used a 3 jaw puller, took bolt out and used a socket that went flush against the crank but fit inside the pulley hole and then a 25 cent (quarter) for something the threaded rod could sit flush on.

Sounds kinda hokey but it worked and to put on I bought a threaded rod and worked it on with washer and bolts.
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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 01:18 PM
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I just went and got my buddies blue point ballancer puller so that should take it off. NOW IF I CAN GET SOMEONE TO BUY MY NEW PRC 5.3, 2.5 HEADS FOR A MS3 WITH A 112LSA OR SMALLER WE WOULD BE IN BUSINESS.
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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 02:16 PM
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where are you located? what CC are the combustion chambers?
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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 04:00 PM
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its abitch but the dam thing will come off. Use a socketbetween the puller and the crank snout. it takes some time but keep at it and it will come out.
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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 09:20 PM
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the smallest pulley puller from autozone works best , it is small enough to fit inside the balancer and grab it around it's core. whatever you do DON'T PULL IT BY IT'S LIP. i tried that becuase the puller i got the first time was too big to fit inside and broke it . so i went to autozone and got a new balancer and it literally exploded, shooting potmetal fragments all over my engine bay, which destroyed EVERYTHING, except my engine, phwew. moral to the story, dont pull it by the lip!
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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 09:50 PM
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ok thanks guys I've already taken it off and got it back on
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