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Mar 23, 2011 10:36:48 GMT -5
Post by spyderdriver on Mar 23, 2011 10:36:48 GMT -5
well im trying to remote my pulley on my vw, and its being alot of work.
my book sez to "insert screwdriver in to slot till it sits on the crankcase, then get out your breaker bar and turn counterclockwise"
ok so i did that. i broke a 1/4 inch diameter screwdriver. twice.
then i got out the air impact wrench, noting.
then i got out the electric impact wrench, still noting...
any good ideas?
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mpm
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Mar 23, 2011 18:09:17 GMT -5
Post by mpm on Mar 23, 2011 18:09:17 GMT -5
Assuming you are talking about the generator/alternator pulley...If you are replacing it with a new one use a pipe wrench to hold it in place and use the impact on the nut. If you are going to reuse it, use a strap wrench or....use a bigger screw driver that takes up all the space in the notch & angle it the opposite way clock wise while you are turning the nut counter clockwise, it does not have to sit on the crankcase.
Regards,
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Mar 23, 2011 19:58:25 GMT -5
Post by spyderdriver on Mar 23, 2011 19:58:25 GMT -5
Assuming you are talking about the generator/alternator pulley...If you are replacing it with a new one use a pipe wrench to hold it in place and use the impact on the nut. If you are going to reuse it, use a strap wrench or....use a bigger screw driver that takes up all the space in the notch & angle it the opposite way clock wise while you are turning the nut counter clockwise, it does not have to sit on the crankcase. Regards, no im talking about the one on the end of the crankshaft on the engine. in i already bent a notch into the slot. im thinking heat.... |
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Mar 23, 2011 21:35:25 GMT -5
Post by Dan MacMillan on Mar 23, 2011 21:35:25 GMT -5
Lefty loosey, righty tighty..The impact should remove it without holding the pulley.
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Mar 24, 2011 0:37:16 GMT -5
Post by spyderdriver on Mar 24, 2011 0:37:16 GMT -5
Lefty loosey, righty tighty..The impact should remove it without holding the pulley. my big ass electric one wont do it. breaker bar and cheater it think is the way to go oh and instead of a screwdriver ill put a craftsman ratichit and get my lifetime warranty back |
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Mar 24, 2011 4:11:59 GMT -5
Post by mpm on Mar 24, 2011 4:11:59 GMT -5
If you have the motor out you will need the fly wheel lock. Click on string www.jcwhitney.com/flywheel-lock-for-vw/p2004289.jcwx?filterid=c39j6or.... take it up to your local garage and have them use their impact. If its still in the car put it in 1st gear, parking break on and than use a 200lb+ impact wrench or 1/2 or larger breaker w/4 'pipe extender for leverage. (I have not done it this way put I have been told it will work. I would be concerned w/ damaging the trans.) Regards, |
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Mar 25, 2011 12:49:29 GMT -5
Post by spyderdriver on Mar 25, 2011 12:49:29 GMT -5
i don't have the engine out and i do not want to put it in gear, i brake the screwdrivers at about 500 ft lbs of torc.
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Mar 25, 2011 13:41:51 GMT -5
Post by jspbtown on Mar 25, 2011 13:41:51 GMT -5
Some heat and PB Blaster maybe.
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Mar 25, 2011 15:07:26 GMT -5
Post by thehag71 on Mar 25, 2011 15:07:26 GMT -5
An old family friend who has been a mechanic forever taught me a trick for getting that nut off of the crankshaft when they are really stuck. Put the socket on nut with a breaker bar and a length of pipe over the breaker bar. Rotate engine until pipe/breaker assembly is braced against the ground. Briefly turn engine over with the key. Just for a second. Has worked everytime I have tried it. The only problem is that I am not sure which direction the vw engine rotates, so it may tighten the nut instead of loosening it.
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Mar 26, 2011 11:17:13 GMT -5
Post by dawgdk on Mar 26, 2011 11:17:13 GMT -5
try a dead blow hammer and while tightening the bolt then loosen should break right loose
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Mar 26, 2011 12:40:03 GMT -5
Post by spyderdriver on Mar 26, 2011 12:40:03 GMT -5
ill try some of those.
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Mar 26, 2011 14:13:00 GMT -5
Post by bobevans on Mar 26, 2011 14:13:00 GMT -5
For what it's worth...I had some "frozen" lugs....I took the car down to my local tire dealer and he put his BIG impact wrench on them and they came off like butter....
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Mar 27, 2011 2:05:50 GMT -5
Post by thehag71 on Mar 27, 2011 2:05:50 GMT -5
if you want torque from an impact wrench, forget your "cheapo" ones like Chicago Pneumatic and Campbell Hausfeld, etc. Not that I have anything against them, as they work 90% of the time, but for real torque ya just can't beat an ingersoll-Rand. I do not have any affiliation with them, but I do have real world experience, as I worked my way through college and supplemented my meager income by working in a tire shop for ten years. Only one time that an Ingersoll failed for me. I was trying to remove the upper (threaded) balljoints from a 1996 dodge dakota and they were laughing at the Ingersoll. Final solution??? Lotsa heat from an oxy-acetylene torch on the upper control arms and a piece of pipe about 6 ft. long on the breaker bar. I did snap the breaker bar on the first try though. Other than that, I have never had an Ingersoll let me down. Of course, I have never had the breaker bar/pipe braced on to the ground to remove a stuck crankshaft nut fail me either. just my .02
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Mar 27, 2011 12:22:53 GMT -5
Post by spyderdriver on Mar 27, 2011 12:22:53 GMT -5
i finely got it, anger works too.
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