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Originally posted by kgw51gmc:
Hey everyone, does anyone know how in the heck to take off the crankshaft pulley/balancer?? I have the engine lying on the ground, I have one of those gear pullers that you put the bolts through and then has the big center threaded bolt taht you crank on to pull on the two bolts that are through the pulley holes. I bent my puller. Is that big threaded part going into the end of the crankshaft keeping the pulley from coming off?? It appears that there is no bolt in the end of the crank holding the pulley/balancer on, so why won't it slide off? I know it is a keyed assm. so it is rusted on. But with my breaker bar and some tough cranking on it, I figured it would come off. What am I doing wrong?? I need help!!! [email protected]
Easy fix! Put a 9/16" deep socket inside the balancer where the end of the hand crank goes. Set your puller up to push on the end of the socket. It sounds like you are pushing against the raised lugs that the hand crank hooks to. If so, those are attached to the balancer & all you will do is warp the balancer & break your tools by doing that.

Last edited by Tiny; 08/06/2020 10:06 PM.
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