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law · Nov 20, 2005

My GT is automatic and I was told that the center bolt can be a real pain in the ass to take off. My question is should I try and take it off with the belt still attached or just put some of the PB plaster once I take off the pulley?

CManT1914 · Nov 20, 2005

law, leave the belt on, and put it in gear. On 5 spds, we put ours in 5th gear, and it holds the motor in place, so I think you should be able to put yours in D or something and that should work.

law · Nov 20, 2005

With the belt attached will I be able to get the pulley off. Or am I just leaving the belt on until I have loosened it and then I take off the belt to to get everything else off.

law · Nov 20, 2005

Okay I got it. Now I am having trouble loosening the damper retaining bolt. Chilton states to use a holding tool for the flywheel, what tool can I use. Or should I try some lub and let it sit to see if it will come out.

CManT1914 · Nov 20, 2005

I had a buddy hold the damper while I broke the bolt loose. I still have a scar on my palm where the balancer sliced my hand open, lol.

law · Nov 20, 2005

Unfortuneately I have no one to help me so any other ideas. Where is the flywheel?

HISSIN50 · Nov 20, 2005

You dont have a flywheel - you have a flex plate instead.

That is a way to do it, but it would be a real pain. Some guys rig a brace with a prybar across the pulley to keep it from turning. I have not done that method though.

Do you have air tools?

Good luck.

law · Nov 20, 2005

No I dont have air tools. Can I rent one somewhere...I am desperate now.

law · Nov 20, 2005

Any other ideas?

HISSIN50 · Nov 20, 2005

Law, the only easy one is one I wont even recommend. If you search, you will find people who put a breaker bar on the crank bolt and then they disable the ignition and fuel system and bump the starter. I WONT recommend that for the very obvious reasons you can see, but some folks do it that way.

Otherwise, finding a way to hold the motor from turning over is about it. have you tried to push the breaker bar real quick (rather than slow and hard)? That kind of mimics an impact gun. Ditto for hitting the breaker with a 4# hammer. When I have a smaller fastener that is stuck and that cant be leveraged out, I will pound on the wrench with my fist. This pounding breaks it loose. Same idea here.

Guys use prybars, etc to wedge stuff up, etc. Or put it together and find a close shop that can blap it with the air gun for you (probably for free) and then tighten it just enough to get home.

I would say you could get a cordless or plug-in impact gun, but I have never used one so I dont know how well they work. I did once use a 12 volt (plugged into the cigar lighter) impact gun (20 bucks at wally mart) and it actually loosened lug nuts.

That is all I can think of bud. Good luck!

Methodical · Nov 20, 2005

Try using a large screwdriver and wedging it between the pully and one of the bolt heads on I think its the timing cover or oil pan cover. I have an electric impact wrench and it does a decent job of breaking bolts - try and rent one. But my air impact wrench does the better job. Keep working at it.
Peace

Al

law · Nov 21, 2005

Alright, I will keep giving it hell. Thanks for the suggestions.

law · Nov 21, 2005

Well after a day and half I got fed up and went to Checkers and bought a really nice impact wrench for 30.00. Come to find out I still need some additional parts to make it work which I did not have and unable to get because I have no car and I am watching my kids so to make a long story short I pryed a wrench in between so it would keep the crank from turning but a breaker bar on there and I got. I know its kind of pathethic but I dont care I got it. Thanks for the help fellows.

dcs7941 · Nov 21, 2005

You mentioned a new dizzy was installed. Is that short for distributor? If so, where did you purchase your distributor. The reason I ask this question is because I purchased a remanufactured one from Advance and my car ran like crap and would ping under load. After two days of frustration, I decided to reinstall the stock one. Problem solved! Now I have a MSD Pro Billet 8455. Hope this helps and good luck.

law · Nov 21, 2005

I must be slow but I cannot figure out how harmonic puller works. That combo yoke only allows me to put one bolt back in the damper plus the center bolt? The picture in the chilton and haynes has three bolts in the damper plus the center bolt. I dont get how it works...instructions suck.

law · Nov 21, 2005

DCS7941 I dont know a friend of mine replaced it for me. I do feel uneasy not knowing but I am confident that he did not purchase a piece of crap for me.

law · Nov 21, 2005

Im stumped. The best I have so far is that I have two bolts threaded into the balancer along with the center bolt threaded. Now what do I do? I have all the bolts threaded and the balancer just spins, I dont get how I am supposed to remove it with the puller. Am I doing something wrong?

CManT1914 · Nov 21, 2005

law, are you trying to remove the balancer? It's pressed on real good, so once you take the center bolt out, then here's what you do.

Thread the long bolt that came with the balancer puller through the yoke, balancer, and thread it into the crank.
Thread in three bolts through the yoke, into the balancer.
Then remove the center bolt, it should have a washer or something on there between the balancer and yoke so when you unthread it, it takes the yoke (and balancer that's bolted to it) with it.

I hope that helps, let us know if you need something else!

final5-0 · Nov 21, 2005

law said:
Im stumped. The best I have so far is that I have two bolts threaded into the balancer along with the center bolt threaded. Now what do I do? I have all the bolts threaded and the balancer just spins, I dont get how I am supposed to remove it with the puller. Am I doing something wrong?

Been following along with the posts in your thread and until now ... you were covered.

What you describe here sounds to me to be a steering wheel puller.

This is a hb puller!

One big bolt in the middle surrounded by three bolts.

Grady

law · Nov 21, 2005

So in step one I was supposed thread the center bolt with the washer.

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