Crank shaft Pulley Removal

greg94080

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I am presently swapping my water pump on mine as well and have come against a lil problem. The last most bottom bolt seems to be behind the crankshaft pulley. I see 4 bolts on this pulley but when I try to wrench them off I just end up spinning the crank. Anyone got any good ideas to quickly get this done?

-greg

 

BAFMustangGT

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Put it in gear? That should stop the engine from spinning.

 

Dan95-5.0

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i just finished putting on my march underdrive pulleys. I had the same problem.

what you can do is use a air ratchet or you can do what i did. put the ratchet on the bolt and hit the ratchet (counter clockwise obviously)to break the bolts loose instead of putting pressure on it. of coarse i have some pretty banged up knuckles from doing it but it got done and wounds heal lol.

 

95Cobra302

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Next time, leave the belt on.

 

HoofnIt

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Put the car in gear and set the park brake. This works as I did this when I removed the 4 bolts from the rear of the driveshaft. I guess your park brake has to work well.

 

Dan95-5.0

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95Cobra302 said:

Next time, leave the belt on.

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exactly, forgot to mention that.

easier then having to hold the pulley and breaking the bolts off at the same time

 

greg94080

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95Cobra302 said:

Next time, leave the belt on.

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I didnt even know I was gonna have to do this before I took the belt off. Anyhow, The car in gear didnt stop the crank from spinning. I finally got it off by putting a pair of vice grips right in front of the last bolt on the water pump. Scraped my knuckles up but spun off all the bolts.

Thanks for all the replies.


-g

 

jmuva44

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Always use air tools!!!