Harmonic Balancer removal...HELP!!
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Harmonic Balancer removal...HELP!!
Ok...I'm trying to get tp the POS Opti and I've gotten everyting out of the way except for the D&mn Balancer pulley!! I have gently to mildly beaten on it with a rubber hammer and a peice of wood. How in the hell does it come off...it's not budging at all!!
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I used a harmonic pulley puller from AutoZone. Free loaner. See pic.
Puller Pic
Puller Pic
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For the pulley use a jaw puller. For the hub use a balancer puller. Or just pull the pulley and balancer as one unit.
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I just got back from the parts store and they gave me a harmonic balancer puller. It looks like it has bolts that go into the balancer and a center shaft that pushes against the center while you turn it. Will this work ok?
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Originally posted by shoebox
For the pulley use a jaw puller. For the hub use a balancer puller. Or just pull the pulley and balancer as one unit.
For the pulley use a jaw puller. For the hub use a balancer puller. Or just pull the pulley and balancer as one unit.
I almost got that exact same tool! It looks like it would work better.
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You do understand that there are two parts, right?
You do also realize that you must use something in the crank bolt hole to push against, because of the design of the hub, right?
You have read lots of threads about messing things up by trying to remove these things the wrong way, right?
You do also realize that you must use something in the crank bolt hole to push against, because of the design of the hub, right?
You have read lots of threads about messing things up by trying to remove these things the wrong way, right?
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Originally posted by Myxtreme1
So I won't be just removing the actual pulley? All I need to do is get to the Opti. Learning as I go, thanks
So I won't be just removing the actual pulley? All I need to do is get to the Opti. Learning as I go, thanks
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Originally posted by shoebox
All you have to do is remove the pulley and you need the puller like I showed if it won't come off. You don't want to use a balancer puller-that is for removing the hub.
All you have to do is remove the pulley and you need the puller like I showed if it won't come off. You don't want to use a balancer puller-that is for removing the hub.
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Originally posted by AsianSensation
Rob, I have a question. Why is it preferrable to remove the pulley with a jaw puller instead of a pulley puller? I used the pulley puller to remove both the pulley and the hub separately. Thanks.
Rob, I have a question. Why is it preferrable to remove the pulley with a jaw puller instead of a pulley puller? I used the pulley puller to remove both the pulley and the hub separately. Thanks.
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Originally posted by shoebox
How can you use the puller in your pic to remove the pulley? There are no threads in the pulley to thread the bolts into. How do you grab it?
How can you use the puller in your pic to remove the pulley? There are no threads in the pulley to thread the bolts into. How do you grab it?
Just make sure when you remove the hub you take the center bolt out!!
Craig