Cambelt job... Bottom pulley

[chimp007_uk]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH....

How the hell do you get the bottom pulley off?!?

I've put it in first witht he handbrake on and hada breaker bar on it... I've had an impact gun...

And its still solid. Called it a nght now, but got three to get off on three engines this weekend :(

Please help! :thumb:

Chris

[Lee]

Breaker bar on the nut with the handle on the floor in front of the engine. Then blip the starter :) Works every time ive done it on a smallblock pulley.

[chimp007_uk]

You star... :thumb: I love you :gay:

I've just wasted 3hours... yay i like it when you learn useful tips :)

If it doesn't work... :D :roll:

[ck]

what engine? never ever touch the big middle bolt on an xe/let...

[white2lSR]

why? mine came out ok.

[AlexW]

i ruined a wheel stud trying to get mine off.... Ended up using a air gun with the car in 5th.

[Lee]

what engine? never ever touch the big middle bolt on an xe/let...

Not a huge problem if you do, so long as you dont break the woodruff (sp lol) key. But yeah, on a big block you want to be taking the 6 allen hed bolts off to do a cambelt change.

[Adam]

The middle bolt is the easiest way of doing a xe/let.
F**K bothering with those small spline things that round straight off at the sight of a socket wrench

[chimp007_uk]

its only a e16se on my bro's gte... :)

Sadly, lee your method has failed :( Still struggling to shift it!

[Adam]

Hm,if that methods failed, your fooked IMO lol

Try a garage to use an air gun on it

[chimp007_uk]

got it off the 1.6 :) but now stuck ont he 1.2 :(

What do you do if the engine's been removed as well?? need to rebuild and sell my old gte engine :)

[Adam]

Stop the engine turning over.

Lever on the flywheel teeth/lock the cambelt sprocket against the cam hosuing with a socket bar or something

[chimp007_uk]

huh? :confused:

[Iain]

^^^ Assuming the cambelt is still in place, wedge something in to the camshaft sprocket to stop the engine from turning over, and undo the bolt.

[craig green]

^^^ Assuming the cambelt is still in place, wedge something in to the camshaft sprocket to stop the engine from turning over, and undo the bolt.

Adam is saying to lock the engine/crank by the flywheel teeth.

Did you say you'd had an impact gun on them?

[meritlover]

if the engine is out, insert a cold-chisel. crowbar or simelar into the ring-gear, through the bottom clutch cover or the starter motor hole. if the gearbox is off, screw in some gearbox bolts into the block and insert a bar or device into the teeth and lock it against the bolt, then slacken the crank.

the method of cracking the startermotor over on the key with a extension bar on the socket rarely fails. it has saved me on some occasions when not working on my premises.
but an air/rattle gun is the best way if you have one.

[chimp007_uk]

All sorted guys...

Used a bit of everything and then tried one last attempt witht he breaker and the started and wayhey, it worked :)

headgasket done :) and car running lol Just needs some new leads and plugs.

Thanks for all your help!!!