Looking to replace the front crankshaft seal, but first need to get the crankshaft sprocket off. Can't get a grip on the key to ease that out first & the sprocket seems to be stuck fast. Any suggestions?
It's a '94 2.2L auto.
Thanks, Chris
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.
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