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Old Mar 1, 2013 | 11:48 AM
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Default Re: Alt pulley removal without an impact?

Originally Posted by latemodel21
It is possible and not too difficult. It WAS my preferred method. Until I broke my t50 driver off in God-likes-tebow's Alternator.

The Alt shaft will accept a T50 ... I bought a T50 "L" wrench, cut about a 1.5" off and stuck it in a 8mm (5/16") socket.
Then, I took a 15/16" 6-point socket (24mm is the correct size, but fits slightly looser) and welded a 3/4" wrench (out of my box of Taiwanese tools destined for customization that I keep around) to the socket.

it took between 70 and 100 foot pounds to break the nut free on the first 4 or 5 alts (holding the T50 with a torque wrench helped me quantify this) .... THEN I was changing the pulleys on god-likes-tebow's SRT6 and the T50 snapped off (at about 120 foot pounds IIRC) ....

So I bit the bullet and slipped the 2 clips that hold the fan shroud off, unplugged the fan and pulled out the shroud. I have 5 or more 1/2" impact guns, so I picked one of the shorter ones and had the pulley off in a jiff .... the impact method is 5 minutes faster as it turns out.

worth mentioning, I like to slip a piece of sheet metal (8" x 8" or larger alum or steel) up against the fins of the radiator when working near it (particularly with an impact) so i don't lay (bend) any fins over accidentally.

here are a couple of pics of the tools I made for this .... but impact is really the quickest way.

CHeers,
Chris

Thanks for the info, Chris. I'll get the socket welded up tomorrow and that should make short work of it.
 
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