Help with crankshaft pulley

[largekid]

I am starting to put on my serpentine setup and i cant get the vbelt pulley off of the crank in order to put the serp. one on. Is there any trick to the trade or am i just going to have to man up and really force this biotch off??

[eigthmile]

Pull out the center bolt and the three surrounding bolts. Get a rubber hammer and start hitting. Some pulleys have a bevel on the backside of them which fits in the balancer and can be stubborn sometimes.

[largekid]

thats the problem, i cant get the center bolt off. it just turns the crank as i wrench it. was thinking about putting a pair of grips on it and locking it against the water pump to get it off??

[eigthmile]

I would crawl under and put a wrench or screwdriver in one of the large holes on flywheel and let it hit the block to hold the engine.

[largekid]

hopefully that will work. i believe i can get one in under there. thanks

[polkaudio]

The center bolt is normally torqued to about 90 foot pounds. The best way to remove it is with an impact wrench.

[bstef]

also works to use a breaker bar and pipe. put the pipe against the frame and bump the starter. works every tdime Bernie /Steffen bstef@mchsi.com