Hello, All!
Hi, they sent me an alternator with the wrong pulley, so I have to swap the old one. I started to take the pulley off the new one, but it seems difficult, using a screwdriver to hold it from spinning. Anyone have any tips?
Thanks
With best regards, dukecola. E-mail: snipped-for-privacy@adelphia.net
AFAIK, you can't do it without a wheel puller tool. At least, I never managed to.
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What year of car is this going in? For my MkI VWs, I just used an impact wrench to remove the nut and then the pulley fell off. You can also jam a screwdriver in the fan, but that is easiest when the alternator is mounted in the car. Out of the car, you might use a huge clamp clamped to the body such that the clamp will keep the fan from spinning. You could also get a big U-bolt to go in a mounting ear and interfere with the fan.
I hit it with an impact wrench, leave the nut on just the top of the thread then hold the pulley in my hand and strike the nut inside with a hammer. Works like a charm and the nut catches the alt before it hits the floor (or the bench). Of course a vice and a socket extension might be easier for the striking part if you're not as gifted in the hammer eye co-ordination department.
cheers, dru
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