The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area Engine Shop Removal of Crankshaft PULLEY?????235/216...HELP!!!

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]

if it doesnt have the bolt in it, it should come off, I would think a puller would do it, mine came off in my 52 a few yrs ago while drivin,,it just has the locking keys in it, now it appears it has loosen up again, I just try to make sure my belts are tight,,you might try to squirt some of that oil that helps rusty stuff come out.. good luck with it,,Fred

That is the correct way to pull the balancer, but it does not sound like your puller is up to the job. The ones I have used would break long before it would bend I would think. Make sure the puller is squared up before you start cranking on puller.

Did you bend the puller,or the bolts that screw into the gear ? Like cujo8 states,make sure the puller is straight and square .

I bought a 10.00 puller from harbor freight. It has the bolts (grade 5) and such that go with it. It was a deal, but it won't stand to a ridiculous degree of force that I was putting on it with a breaker bar. The bolts didn't bend, the actually puller (flat peice with grooves for allowing different size patterns to be pulled) bent some. I am afraid that the puller part that I crank on, is too big around for the crankshshaft hole and it may be actually hitting the pulley...but on 2nd thought--I don't think it is. I should probably do the oil soak for a while and maybe some heat, and then just beat the hell out of it with a hammer when I get mad.

Be carefull with heat, you may dammage the rubber in the balancer.

We have a combination of ice spray and wd40 here that usualy works for this kind a problems.

I´m sure you can buy something simmilar in the US.

Frank

I second Stovebold's response about being careful with heat, but I have had success using a hot air heat gun along with some WD-40 after heating has helped in pulling off stuborn parts.

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.

What I found is that it needed a shock to get it started. I gave the wrench a couple of hits with the hammer and that broke it loose. After that it just took patience and lots of muscle.

My experience tells me that truckernix is right on the money. If you have your radiator out, get the puller started square, put a good amount of tension on it, and smack the center bolt square with a hammer. Retighten the puller and hit it again etc.