Getting Timing Cover off, help
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Getting Timing Cover off, help Well I got everything off but I need to remove the hub the balancer mounts to how to I go about doing this so I can get the cover off..
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i use a three jaw puller and pull it off. if you use that get one with a hex head so you can use an impact on it. originally bought one with a small t handle and about killed myself pulling it off.
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anybody know of a bolt somewhere else on the car that will work.. whenever I put the puller on it slips off grrrrr but its a new crank bolt with no hole in the middle so there is nothing to grab/hold also no lip on the bolt
you have to get a longer smaller diameter bolt to push against. you can get a allen head for this if you wish. my puller (snap on) has a pointed tip that pushes against the snout which works amazing. in case you werent sure you have to take out the crank bolt to pull the hub
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you have to get a longer smaller diameter bolt to push against. you can get a allen head for this if you wish. my puller (snap on) has a pointed tip that pushes against the snout which works amazing. in case you werent sure you have to take out the crank bolt to pull the hub
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Why not just go get a Harmonic Balancer Installer/Remover from the parts store tomorrow (which is only 6-8hrs away now) and be done with it 
It's like $15 for one.
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didn't really wanna spend anymore money atm but I guess ill just throw it on with all the other tools we've bought lol... we got like 3-4 regular jaw pulley pullers
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Well it doesn't use Jaws, it uses bolts. I wouldn't want to pull a Balancer off with a jaw puller, personally....
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Aren't most balancers a quasi two-piece? The center hub portion where the pulleys bolt to and what goes on the crank, then a rubber ring (dampener I assume) and the outer part (the balancer portion I assume). Couldn't using a jaw puller, in a bad twist of fate, pull those apart if the hub portion is stuck on the crank shaft?
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Have you checked with your local AutoZone, (O'Reilly's, Pep Boys, etc., etc.)? Locally they loan such tools free for nothing. You might want to show some good faith by picking up an air freshener or something.
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From: Tomball (H-Town), TX
got the tool, tryed it by hand and impact by hand the whole motor turns over... (Not with a pry bar against the puller and my friend trying it though) but still nothing..... whats the deal? dont really wanna heat this thing up
If you haven't gotten the balancer off yet, put a metal bar through it to brace it against the engine so you can take the bolt off without turning over the engine. That's what I did. Then use the puller on the hub.
make sure after you pull the bolt out of the center you get a longer bolt to put in there you need a bolt in the center to run the puller against or you will be pulling on the balancer itself and it will never come off
Aren't most balancers a quasi two-piece? The center hub portion where the pulleys bolt to and what goes on the crank, then a rubber ring (dampener I assume) and the outer part (the balancer portion I assume). Couldn't using a jaw puller, in a bad twist of fate, pull those apart if the hub portion is stuck on the crank shaft?
I used a 3 jaw puller on mine with no problems. For a spacer I just bought a cheapo 1/4 drive extension and it worked perfectly. I lucked out and didn't screw up the extension so I can even use it for its real purpose as well. Cost me a couple bucks at the local hardware store.
I used a 3 jaw puller on mine with no problems. For a spacer I just bought a cheapo 1/4 drive extension and it worked perfectly. I lucked out and didn't screw up the extension so I can even use it for its real purpose as well. Cost me a couple bucks at the local hardware store.
Well it doesn't use Jaws, it uses bolts. I wouldn't want to pull a Balancer off with a jaw puller, personally....
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I've had the same problem as you. Tried everything to get the damn thing off and no go. I have one of those damper pullers and I have used my impact wrench on full reverse (the center bolt is out). I just don't get it...