Problem removing crank pulley & clutch fan
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Wow it still kinda sucked with the breaker bar but I just got it, now I just need the 7mm bolts that I can use with the puller to get the pulley off....anyone know of a place to get them? If not i'll hafta chop one and weld it on another to make it longer, i woulda already done that cept I dont got a welder.
3 Prong crank pulley pullers are where it's at!!! Welding bolts to make them longer will only waste your time!
Wow it still kinda sucked with the breaker bar but I just got it, now I just need the 7mm bolts that I can use with the puller to get the pulley off....anyone know of a place to get them? If not i'll hafta chop one and weld it on another to make it longer, i woulda already done that cept I dont got a welder.
Wow it still kinda sucked with the breaker bar but I just got it, now I just need the 7mm bolts that I can use with the puller to get the pulley off....anyone know of a place to get them? If not i'll hafta chop one and weld it on another to make it longer, i woulda already done that cept I dont got a welder.
frank said:
What if Im just going to get a new crank pulley? or will this hurt the crank at all?
frank said:
Is the outside ring going to seperate from the inside? If it does, I'd say you have a faulty pulley. Its a clearance fit anyway with the pulley. Should slide right off with no problems.
In fact, the last time I pulled a 7m apart, I pulled the crank pulley off with my hands. Slides right off with no great force.
aljordan said:
All me and my mate did to get ours off was put 2 flywheel bolts right in, and then put a bar in between them, and chocked it on the engine stand. came off with a decent sized breaker bar.
If it's a slide on fit there should be no problem. I withdraw my statement. I'm new to supras and was under the impression that they were an interference fit. (The need for a puller made me think that.)
The issue with pulling through the rubber on balancers is that you may separate the two halves, or you may damage the rubber causing the thing to fail at a later date.
The issue with pulling through the rubber on balancers is that you may separate the two halves, or you may damage the rubber causing the thing to fail at a later date.
well I jus went and bought one that grabs the outside bc this thing jus aint comin off at all.....I jus went and used it and it worked pretty good. The only thing wrong was that it broke a few little pieces of the ac part of the pulley bc I didnt have it grabbed on there right, so watch out for that...I plan on getting a new pulley but if i wasnt to use the ac belt(which I dont) this pulley would still be fine, right?
Maybe if you got it rebalanced. If you look on your pulley you will see dimples in the back where material was removed to balance it originally. Breaking off some pieces will throw it out of balance.
I've torn down several 7M's myself, and have found both the pulleys and the bolts to sometimes be easy, and sometimes be a PIA. There's always a way to get that bolt off one way or the other. But with my shade tree ways, if the pulley doesn't pull off by hand, it's getting destroyed. Most of them can be pulled off by hand. Right now I have one extra, but i'm about to tear down another motor for rebuild, and may need it then.
I really don't understand the issue? Even if the pulley is stuck, there are four tapped holes in the pulley. Just use a standard steering wheel puller along with a couple of metric bolts. The timing belt cog has two tapped holes you can use for the same purpose! Why all the hammers? :icon_conf
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