>In article <Pine.A32.3.91.950820074839.7240C-100000@oak.lhup.edu>,
>Robert Quiggle <rquiggle@oak.lhup.edu> wrote:
>> You can remove the pulley nut with a 1/2" drive air impact tool and the
>> proper size impact socket. When you use this method you should be able
>> to hold the pulley with your hand and a grease rag.
>
>What a splendid idea! The traditional method is to place an old
>fan belt around the pulley, and tighten up the belt around the pulley
>in a vice. This will normally allow enough tension to be applied to
>the nut, once you get the hang of it. Once the nut is loose, the pulley
>might need a little convincing to get off too. Do not use a puller,
>though, it will distort the fan belt groove.
>
>Egil
using your hand to stabilize the pulley when using an impact tool is
dangerous, rag or not! i suspect it's not very good for alternator
bearings, either. doesn't the pulley have a rectangular cutout for use of
a big screwdriver or equivalent tool passed through the cutout and braced
against some convenient part of the block of the alternator bracket? one
can then use a box end (best) or short socket (second choice since you have
only one hand left to turn it, unless someone else secures the pulley) to
loosen nut-
joe
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