Re:Crank pully problems.
 

Yeah a pneumatic impact hammer is what I was using. I was using my 3/4" gun (read really ------- big)
and wouldnt budge it.

its not this one but this is the sise.
http://www.mytoolstore.com/astro/1816.jpg


and the Bolt I am talking about is in this diagram as #15

http://www.automotivetech.org/photop...piston-med.gif

Re:Crank pully problems.
 

I've done mine a few times, the last really testing my patience and my trust in Craftsman tools.

First off, buy a can of PB Blaster spray. Buy ONLY PB Blaster. You can get it at just about any auto parts store.

Spray the bolt down alot. Spray it on and let it sit at least overnight. Longer if possible. Spray it every couple of hours and let it soak, soak, soak...

I have a Moroso crank pulley wrench to hold the crank pulley in place. You should be able to get away with putting the car in 5th and having someone hit the brakes for you too if you have a decent clutch. Regardless, you need to find a way to stop the crank from turning. A screwdriver in the flywheel method is a joke.

Get a breaker bar and a long 17mm (or is it 19mm?) socket. Get a long socket because you DO NOT WANT TO USE socket extentsions. There's too much play with them and you'll get too much twist when you try to get the bolt off. That's how they end up breaking (5 in my case).

Put the breaker bar and socket in place and kick it really ------- hard. REALLY HARD... LIKE A JOLT. If it comes off, set it up and kick it again. You don't need leverage so much as you need one good hard knock to get it loose.

Don't worry about the crank turning because you can turn it right back when the bolt comes loose. I spent months trying various tools and methods and this is the only way that's worked for me time and time again.

I even tried the "cut up the timing belt cover" ---- and I am a dumbass because of it.

Re:Crank pully problems.
 

isn't it a reverse thread aswell??

Re:Crank pully problems.
 

no, there's a tool that you can buy that fixs in the octagonal shape of the pulley to hold it in place while you bust the nut loose. i just took one off a b18, luckily it had been sitting for a year and was froze up so the pulley didn't move and it busted right loose ;D

Re:Crank pully problems.
 

This is the one I have:

http://www.moroso.com/catalog/images/61805_part.jpg

Re:Crank pully problems.
 

I replaced my factory pulley with a lightened one and my mechanic had to use the torch on it. Something about heating it up enough to release the thread-lock. Try that.
BTW, the lightened pulley didn't help worth ----.

Re:Crank pully problems.
 

Crank Pulleys suck, bent the heck out of my friend's GSR trying to get it off. Had to replace the whole thing and all we wanted to do was change the water pump and timing belt.

Re:Crank pully problems.
 

Honestly? No one knows the proper method for this?

Honda makes a tool specificly to do this, all you have to do is remove the flywheel cover and bolt on a toothed tool that holds the flywheel in place so you can crank the bolt right off.

I went to take off my underdrive pulley off my blown motor a couple days ago so I could swap it onto the new motor and instead of using the tool as the flywheel wasn't on anymore, I just took off the old oil filter put it a cylinder and the bolted on a scrap head. then I stood on the motor to hold it in place and cranked it off. When I took the head off, the oil filter had the imprint of the combustion chamber, pretty cool.

To get the stock one off the other motor, I simply put a vise grip on the pulley to hold it in place and cranked it off with a breaker. It ruined the pulley, but I just tossed it anyway, they are heavy and I don't have ps or air anyway...