You can see in the pic I posted, that there are no threaded holes in my pulley. I have seen some pics of later model ones that look slightly different, but the p/n for the pulley covers 1993-1997. Perhaps they use the later model version that has some holes in it?

I now notice that both of you guys that are saying to use a hub puller have 1997s.

 

Hmmmm...the pulley are different now since you mentioned it. See pic. Wonder why the part number covers 93-97?
97 crank pulley

Edit: From my picture, a jaw puller won't work on a 97.

 

Thats the animal!

 

So how do I remove them as one unit?

 

IMO, you are better off just removing the pulley if you don't really need to remove the hub (which you don't for just an opti replacement). The hub can be more problematic.

To answer your question, you would just assemble the crow foot puller and bolt straight through the pulley to the hub.

 

I am contemplating doing a cam and a new timing set while I have the front dissasembled.

 

Does the crank pulley have some sort of balance? I noticed the aftermarket I used to have had a hole drilled in it...I assumed that's what it was for. If it was balanced I personally wouldn't want to risk drilling holes in it.

Joe

 

well doing the cam now is a so so idea, there is still lots to undue, such as the intake , and timing chain, plus new springs on the heads. I hate having to tear apart everything twice or more, so if you feel the same and you've got the time, I say go for it, its not bad, and everytime you need to work on the engine again, it will seem easy in comparision. I couldn't get my balancer off from the hub either, I found it much easier to pull both off together. I marked the arrow white on the balancer and made sure it was pointing straight up before pulling, this way I knew where it needed to go. I worked for hours on the darn thing, then pulled them both in about 5 minutes. Take out the center bolt, go to the hardware store pick one up that is longer, I think double the length of stocker and thread it in there a good amount otherwise it will pull on the few threads and ruin them and use the puller and it just comes right off.

 

Thanks for the info. I just got the pulley off and removed the opti. I can figure out how to get it open. I feel like a retarded monkey for some reason, lmao!! Are these just really small "bolts" or something?

 

Mine didnt want to come off either.....so what I did was spray it good with Rusteater and let it soak for an hour or 2 then I reapplied the 3 jaw puller and whacked on it with a rubber mallet real hard.....sprayed it again ......whacked some more......torqued down on the puller again and off it came. I put some antisieze on the damn thing before I put it back on.