Crank Pulley removal??
 

I did a search and didn't find much.

What's the BEST way to remove the crank pulley?? Someone told me about heating the crank pulley up and pulling it off with ovenmitts on?? Any input is appreciated.

Buy a longer crank bolt first of all.

Buy a three armed pulley puller.

Start to pull the pulley off a little bit with the stock bolt in place. Then install the longer crank bolt all the way and remove the pulley.


Breaking the stock bolt loose is an pretty amazing feat to do. Took me all my strength to break that basterd loose. Also use a 6 point socket and not a 12 point. Heating the pulley up helps it go back on.

If it is an M6 put that bastard in 6th gear and lay the breaker on the ground while attached to pulley and hit the starter 2 or 3 times. that is the best way to break it loose with minimal effort.

Never heard of that one before...not sure about it either lol.

But yeah I also forgot to add about putting the car in 4th if its a M6.

Otherwise you need to drop the starter and get a flywheel locking tool...A4

All it takes is a breaker bar and a 3 ft long piece of pipe to go over it from the top of the engine bay. I'm a 130lb skinny asian guy and this method got off the first try :)

A tool like this will hold pulley still on A4 cars
I would not try cranking motor with a M6
Dale

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I have done it several times that way. always came out shining in the end too. but that is cause I am lazy... :)

I just used my impact gun. Brrrrrrrrraaap, and it's off. :)

man that is a pretty slick tool!

i found that the craftsman 3 jaw puller works the best. i also got the longer bolt from napa.

Mine came off without a hitch using the 3 jaw "harmonic balancer puller" that i rented from autozone.

The stock pulley has little places to actually stick the puller arms on, look and you'll see them. At first, you're going to start tightening it up, and they pulley isnt going to move, and you're going go go awwwwshit. Just make sure the puller's center piece (that turns) is in the middle of the bolt and keep on trucking.

Buy yourself a breaker bar and a 24mm 6 point, deep socket to get the bolt out, or a 12 if you cant find a 6 (i couldnt).

I want that tool.

3 arm puller worked great. Use the longer bolt to help it off. Air tools help too.

I must insist on getting the 6 point. I damn near rounded off my bolt with the 12 point.

:stupid:

My crank pulley bolt wasn't hard to get out at all. My 12pt worked just fine, but given the problems that some people have with it, i'd get a 6pt if i had to do it over again. I was stunned at how easy it went for me. And my car had 110k on the clock!

Meet........The Negotiator..... :judge:

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So there's plenty of room in front of the balancer to get a 1/2" drive impact gun up under there?

yeah, after you remove the fans.

what size bolt are you guys talking about for the longer crank bolt??

i used a chrysler/ mitsubishi harmonic ballancer pulley puller and it comes off in a couple of minutes easily

an impact fits in without pulling the fans well atleast my 2135ti ingersoll does.

the chrylser/mitsibishi puller is made for ls1 pulleys as well as the chrysler ones. its the best puller for a gen 3 harmonic balancer pulley. you can pick one up for $40 at some tool stores.