When you remove the three bolts from the crankshaft pulley and the center bolt the pulley should just come right off. I removed the bolts and the thing won't budge. I have used 2 pulley pullers and they both broke before the pulley went anywhere, any ideas. I'm thinking of throwing in the towel and taking it to a shop

 

beat that son of a bitch with the biggest hammer you have. and when it breaks buy an aftermarket one.

 

uhh bad idea, you might bend or nick the crank...buy a harmonic ballencer puller, there like 10 bucks

 

nah

cranks are strong. itll be fine. these cars were made to be beat on. especially by big fu(k1ng hammers.

trust me.

 

okay, you can beat on your car, but dont recomend it to others, if i beat mine with my biggest hammer, i would bend something...all that beating might explain why your running only a 12.7 with 100 shot and gears...

 

nah im just a fat *** thats why my car is slow


besides its a dry shot and i still took off a full second. i didnt think it was that bad

 

well for a dry shot i guess its not too bad...what kinda 60' u cutting?

 

on that run it was a 2.09 spraying off the line. traction was limited at the ice palace we call a track. even with the dr's

ive cut low 1.9's but not on the bottle.

 

it will not come right out

gotta take it out with some force :P get an harmonic balancer puller like they said

 

Are you trying to remove the pulley or the hub?

 

go to Oreilly or w/e or autozone and go buy the 3 claw pulley puller with the hooks on the end that can be put on in serveral ways, its like 15-30 bucks..but when you do it take out all the bolts even the 4th one inside the harmonic ballancer and place a BOLT and a BIG WASHER not too big but you want it to fit in the hole and not be able to fall inside that hole....then clamp the 3 hooks on the tip of the pulley its ridged liek this

-----> facing radiator |IIIIIIII| <----facing engine
put clips on that LIP on the facing radiator side then it should work, but make sure you have all 3 hooks on!!
good luck
lemme know if you have n e problems

 

I'm trying to take of the pulley, I'm in the middle of changing out the opti. I tried the harmonic balancer puller it stiped the bolt, twice. I tried the 3 claw aproach and twisted it with the bigest lever arm I could find. Nothing happend whats going on? I even gave the pulley a soaking in liquid wrench to see if it would free it up, no luck their either.

 

You want to leave the crank bolt in and remove the three pulley bolts. Then use the claw puller and keep it straight. If it gets crooked, the pulley may not come off.

 

Thanks for your help shoebox. The problem I had with the claw is no matter how tight I tighten the screws on the joints when I really start twisting it the joints would start changing from the angles I set them at, not allowing it to stay strait. This thing is really on their, I think I'll talk to one of the local mechanics tomorow and see what they can do.

 

with the ballencer puller, dont thread the bolts into the ballencer, use smaller bolts with nuts and washers on the other end