Advice on removing the crankshaft sprocket - 2.2L

Borrow or rent a puller from a parts store or somewhere. TG

I had a similar problem with a 95.

What i did was the following:

Covered the sprocket with a 1/8" thick hard rubber piece.

Used two hose clamps, the ones with hex head screw, so i could tighten them well over the sprocket and rubber piece. 2 Clamps to improve the holding. Then using a small piece of wood as leverage point, I used a long wrench over the bulge on the clamp closer to the block to pry the sprocket out.

Make sure you can torque the crankshaft bolt to the specified 120 ft-lb to avoid very costly damage to the pulley, cranckshaft and sprocket.

I hope this works out for you.

Alex

CRGILL wrote:

Warm the pulley at the center with a propane torch. Don't try to remove the key, just pull on the pulley, it is a slip fit, but does stick sometimes from salt corrosion etc, but rarely a problem to remove. Try wiggling as you pull on it too. Ed B.