trying to remove the harmonic balancer to replace the cap and rotor, do i need a pulley puller, or is there another method? thank u

 

there is a tool you have to have to do it. i cant think of it but i got one from autozone call them they will know.

 

To replace the cap/rotor, you do not have to remove the entire harmonic damper. You leave the hub on the crank, and just remove the three bolts that hold the pulley/damper on the hub. When it left the factory, that was a simple slip fit, and the pulley/damper would fall off when the bolts were removed. But with many years of rust, it usually takes a 3-jaw puller to remove the pulley/damper from the hub,

Courtesy of Shoebox:

http://shbox.com/1/pull_pulley.jpg

On the 96/97 pulley/damper, there are threaded holes in the "spokes" for pulling the damper.

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