ok so ive pulled the fan and got the belts off but i cant get the thing off. my buddy has some air tools but i cant get the stronger one in there. and even when i try to use a long handled tourqe rench i cant get it. he has a wheel puller to pull it off but i need to get the bolt off... pleas help me....getter done. ......got no time to look sorry if the answer is al ready out there. btw i dont like the using the engine starter methiod.

 

You need to go buy some penetrating oil. Apply it several times over the course of a few hours and let it work its way into the threads. Eventually the air tools and the penetrating oil will help you get this nasty bolt off.

 

Ive done 2 crank pulley installs you dont need to pull th efan. Just get a large 1/2" breaker bar with a metal pipe over it. Put it on the crank pulley bolt, and set the bar/pole on the ground at the 5 o'clock position. Now simply turn the motor a few times. The torque from the starter will loosen the bolt. SImple as that. Dont break a sweat and it works every time. Good luck.

 

i did it that way too except i just had my brother hold the brake pedal down instead of starting the engine....the car was rolling back and forth when i tried to loosen in gear without the brakes applied

 

How did you keep the car from starting?

When I installed one I just use the pipe w/breaker bar method. No need to remove fans, etc....

 

Whats the difference between the KJR and the UR one?

 

KJR is not an underdrive pulley. It is the smae diameter as OEM.

 

You dont turn the key for 2 seconds till it starts just a quick turn of the starter. Just turn the key till you hear the motor start to turn and pull back on the ignition. You only have to barely turn the crank 2X and it will break free. Painless and easy as hell, everybody should do it that way.

 

There's also a "pulley removal wrench" from harbor freight. It's basically a strap wrench but the strap included with it is a v belt so it grabs the pulley better.

It's referenced here in the fifth post: http://www.4x4wire.com/forums/showfl...47&Main=755206

I haven't used it, but for $9 +tax it should be worth a try.

 

5AT OR 6MT? Huge difference if you don't do the engine starting method.

 

we tried with bars, wrenches, penetrating everything, brakes, in all gears etc. would not move.
Went to a proper shop, mechanic had the same problems. He in the end wanted to take off the radiator.... a full day's work.... I sold the pulleys. Not worth it, in my case

 

I also had some difficulties with the shop that was trying to install my UD pulley. The bolt was on there so tight and it wouldn't budge. They used a huge breaker bar and were afraid of damaging the flywheel since its a manual.

I am taking it back and they are going to try and use a chain wrench on the pulley to get it off. I didn't want them to go through the headaches of pulling out the radiator to use air tools.

If the chain wrench doesn't work I will probably bag the pulley.

 

USE MY METHOD ITWORKS EVERY TIME ! You dont need to go to a mechanic to have this done its 2 tensioners you have to loosen and then retighten, and one crank pulley bolt you only need to tighten, cuz using my method it loosens itself, c'mon guys.....

 

i hope i won't have any problems with my install... but if i can remove a honda crank pulley which is tq close to 200lbs i think i should be able to do this one...

 

i tried every method listed obove. some of out cars have a stubern *** bolt simple as that i put so much force on that thing im suprisied it didnt strip.

 

Has any one take the light wieght pulley off since install ? Shop took mine off and it had a groove dug into it where it slips in the , or over the shaft .

 

i think that groove was there when it was new cause mine has a notch in it as well

 

are you talking about the little square notch on the inside of the inner circle? that is there from factory

 

No...There is a seal on the outer edge on the hole ,on the block and you slide in the pulley into it . It has dug a groove on the pulley , on the round part that slides into the block . I think Im going to put back on the stock pulley

 

why did u take it off?