crank pulley remove

**mx6v6ls** · 11-15-08, 17:36

Hey guys im in need of A lil help my car is in the air atm and could use A tip on removeing the crank pulley. Ive tried what the book recomends with the belt strap, but its on there pretty good and wont budge the strap keeps sliping. Any way to keep the pulley from spining? Any help would be awsome.

THANKS IN ADVANCE

**compnut21** · 11-15-08, 18:10

right way: impact wrench?
bad way: a long bar connected to a socket wrench. put the bar against something (floor) and turn the starter really quick.

**SauerKraut** · 11-16-08, 0:37

Was a bugger for me as well, almost left it on in fact. then i "accidentially" left my breaker bar on it and started the motor. Got it off in a hurry

**4cylfun** · 11-16-08, 0:58

try to stick a big ass prybar between the teeth on the fly wheel. Next use pb blaster and then impact the mother [fizzle]er!

If that doesn't work, hit up harbor freight. The have a sharktooth vise grip thing that look like it would be perfect for a balancer. Lock it in, stick a cheater bar on the handle, and then use a 1/2 breaker bar going the opposite direction.

Also i'd pull the negative cable on teh battery to keep from accidentally starting up the car. I'm sure one of those ideas i spit out should work.

**unamedplaya87** · 11-16-08, 11:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by compnut21

right way: impact wrench?
bad way: a long bar connected to a socket wrench. put the bar against something (floor) and turn the starter really quick.

Ive done the bad way a few times. Fastest too. Make sure the bar pointing towards the front of the vehicle.

**Mazda_Powered** · 11-16-08, 12:27

Another thing you can do too is jack the car up, have te breaker bar on the pulley bolt, then apply the brakes with all your might and lower the car (in the direction you want the bar to move) and the vehicles weight should crack it easier than your oil filler cap

JACK.

**Fastest95PGT** · 11-16-08, 12:36

Before I had a larger impact gun, I used the starter and a breaker bar just about every time I had to remove it. Regardless of how long it'd been since last removed. Never harmed anything.

Also, if you really don't like that idea, you can just use a regular breaker bar on the pulley while the wheels are on the ground and the car is in gear. Keepe-brake up too so the car will be even less likely to roll.

**artemis** · 11-17-08, 1:28

^^^ That is probably your best bet.

I got mine off no problem using a breaker bar, and putting the car in FIFTH gear (because the engine has the LEAST amount of torque on the wheels in fifth) and having an assistant hit the brakes really hard. Alternatively you just just have the car on the ground, but there is much more room to turn a big breaker bar when the car is in the air.

Either way, using a breaker bar and having the car in fifth gear has worked great for me in the past.

Zach · 11-17-08, 6:58

doesn't everyone mean crank gear? The crank pulley comes when you remove the six 10mm bolts

or is it different from the 2g?

**Fastest95PGT** · 11-17-08, 8:08

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Originally Posted by Zach

doesn't everyone mean crank gear? The crank pulley comes when you remove the six 10mm bolts

Wouldn't the crank gear be the gear on the crank which the timing belt goes around, not the pulley itself?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zach

or is it different from the 2g?

It's different for the 2g.

A mod should move this to the 2g General forum so 1g misinformation isn't confused.

Zach · 11-17-08, 10:44

on the 1g setup the crank pulley which drives the belts is separate from the crank gear which turns the timing belt. The pulley bolts on using 6 bolts to the gear, which is held on by a nasty (25mm?) sized bolt that is next to impossible to remove

**SauerKraut** · 11-17-08, 11:19

All we have is one big ass bolt that screws into the crankshaft. The pulley is keyed into the crankshaft to prevent it from moving. $18 from mazda.

**compnut21** · 11-17-08, 13:48

the ford escort is the same way, giant bolt holding it all on.

**4cylfun** · 11-22-08, 10:36

honda accords, acura integra, the 6, my dakota pickup............the all have a huge bolt. I think its pretty much industry standard.

superlover911 · 7-3-09, 18:27

OK, OK, I am going crazy with this one! Ive been working on this bolt for 2 days now! Ive done all the tricks.... then went and bought a impact gun just for this one bolt!!! Can someone tell me if this 21mm bolt is right handed thread or left handed??! Ive been cranking on it counter clockwise with everything Ive got. Any help?