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Old Sep 30, 2012 | 09:46 PM
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Recently broke the OTC tool and was in a pinch. NAPA had a tool on the shelf, and it's beefier than the OTC. The same pulley that broke the OTC came off with the NAPA tool. I can post the part number tomorrow.
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Old Sep 30, 2012 | 10:27 PM
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I used the chrysler puller rented from Oreillys. the bolt was to short so stuck a 3/8 extension in the crank and pot some grease between the bolt and extension and bam came off fairly easy
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Old Sep 30, 2012 | 10:49 PM
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Originally Posted by cdub81
I used the chrysler puller rented from Oreillys. the bolt was to short so stuck a 3/8 extension in the crank and pot some grease between the bolt and extension and bam came off fairly easy
X2^^^ its exactly what I did
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Old Sep 30, 2012 | 11:04 PM
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I rented one from autozone today. I just flipped a 3/8" socket like mentioned and it came right off. thanks fellas
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Old Sep 30, 2012 | 11:27 PM
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ok the hard part, how did you guys get it back on? Last time i did this the engine was out of the truck so I could tap it on with mallet untill i could screw the bolt in a few threads to seat the pulley
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Old Sep 30, 2012 | 11:48 PM
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Buy or make an installer tool. Don't even take a chance on ruining a crank.
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Old Oct 1, 2012 | 07:06 AM
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Originally Posted by AKlowriderZ71
Buy or make an installer tool. Don't even take a chance on ruining a crank.
I couldn't agree more.
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Old Oct 1, 2012 | 08:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Chevy Cowboy
ok the hard part, how did you guys get it back on? Last time i did this the engine was out of the truck so I could tap it on with mallet untill i could screw the bolt in a few threads to seat the pulley
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You can get one here, or maybe somebody can loan ya one... Cheap compared to jacking the crank up
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Old Oct 1, 2012 | 10:17 AM
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^^ used this 2 weeks ago when we installed my SLP Underdrive Pulley as well. Works like a charm. Of course a buddy of mine owned one, so that made it easy.
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Old Oct 1, 2012 | 11:11 AM
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To remove it I used a 3 jaw puller but cut a length of threaded rod down to hand tighten fully into the crank and put a dimple on the end so the puller stays centered.
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