You may also need to jack up the front of the engine slightly so the pulley
clears the crossmember when you're pulling it off
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Soave [mailto:soavero@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 8:49 AM
To: Robb Cutler; Spridgets
Subject: Re: Pulling the crankshaft pulley
In the long run, much easier to pull the radiator, and
replace the bolts with high grade screws so that you
can use your cordless screwdriver next time. In the
absence of an air gun, jam up pulley as best you can
with screw driver, or whatever, and use a breaker bar
or a looong extension on your wrench handle (I use the
bar from my floor jack). It'll pop off very quickly.
Frank uses the starter motor to turn the pulley
against a jammed breaker bar to get the nut off, but
we used the long bar method in our recent 1 hr timing
gear change session.
--- Robb Cutler <robb@nne.net> wrote:
> Hi All -
>
> I need to replace the crankshaft pulley on my
> Sprite. I've got the
> replacement pulley but have a couple of questions
> before embarking on the
> task...
>
> Do I need to pull the radiator to get at the thing,
> or can I get enough
> leverage to reach in and loosen (and then retighten)
> the bolt holding the
> pulley on? How do I keep the crank from turning
> when I loosen/tighten the
> bolt?
>
> Any suggestions/tips would be welcome. And be
> gentle... This will be the
> most major work I've done on the car since getting
> it this spring...
>
> Thanks,
> Robb
> 1962 Sprite Mk II
>
>
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Ron Soave
"You Are What You Remember"
1960 Bugeye
1972 BGT
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