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jjanak79 · #1 03-20-2010, 02:03 PM

can i use a impact gun to get the crankshaft pulley off? I need to know right away. and thanks in advance for the help.

kwren · #2 03-20-2010, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by jjanak79

can i use a impact gun to get the crankshaft pulley off? I need to know right away. and thanks in advance for the help.

Long break-over bar, socket and use the starter.

jjanak79 · #3 03-20-2010, 02:22 PM

a impact wont get it off?

siceclipse · #4 03-20-2010, 03:02 PM

yes it will, but its just so much easier to use a socket on a large breaker bar and have a friend crank the ignition over while you hold the bar steady.

NiftySVX · #5 03-20-2010, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by siceclipse

yes it will, but its just so much easier to use a socket on a large breaker bar and have a friend crank the ignition over while you hold the bar steady.

THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND I AM SHOCKED ANYONE WOULD DO THIS

Buzz it off with the impact

siceclipse · #6 03-20-2010, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by NiftySVX

THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND I AM SHOCKED ANYONE WOULD DO THIS

Buzz it off with the impact

WTF? Dangerous? You mean like for the same dangerous the shop manual has in mind when it tells you to disconnect the neg terminal on the battery to change a tire dangerous?

I use a 1/2" breaker bar thats 3 feet long, then I take the end of my floor jack (another 3foot section of steel tube) and put that over the breaker bar for extra leverage.

2 clicks from the starter with putting barely ANY resistance on the breaker bar and the bolt is a full turn loose.

This should go without saying but when i was doing it the car was completely together. (A/C condenser, radiator, fans) and i had no room for an impact gun.

svxfiles · #7 03-20-2010, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by NiftySVX

THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND I AM SHOCKED ANYONE WOULD DO THIS

Buzz it off with the impact

+ 70!

Hey, when its size five, and in RED, its important!

TomsSVX · #8 03-20-2010, 05:42 PM

BTW I giggled a little when I read the title

Tom

kwren · #9 03-20-2010, 07:59 PM

using the starter, though frightening the first time, is a fantastic and safe way to do it. I just slide a plastic pipe over the handle of the break-over and let it rest on the fender and crank away! Works like a flash.

Any other way is a waste of time...

Please select the proper fender

Keith

Cam · #10 03-20-2010, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by kwren

using the starter, though frightening the first time, is a fantastic and safe way to do it. I just slide a plastic pipe over the handle of the break-over and let it rest on the fender and crank away! Works like a flash.

Any other way is a waste of time...

Please select the proper fender

Keith

Please...I mean come on, really? A safe way? I can think of many things that could go wrong. Most of them involve injury. Not to mention (which it already has) that you still need to properly torque the bolt. Just because it works does not make it safe. Words should be chosen carefully when posting things that can affect someone else's safety.

Edit: I have read of someone successfully drilling 4 holes in a 2x4 to line up with the four holes in the pulley. Then they drilled a big hole (probably used a hole saw) in the middle for the socket to pass through. They inserted 4 bolts through the 2x4 and pulley, and used it to back up the pulley as they removed the bolt. MUCH SAFER! (though more time consuming)

kwren · #11 03-20-2010, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Cam

Please...I mean come on, really? A safe way? I can think of many things that could go wrong. Most of them involve injury. Not to mention (which it already has) that you still need to properly torque the bolt. Just because it works does not make it safe. Words should be chosen carefully when posting things that can affect someone else's safety.

This is a simple IQ test...

Keith