bottom pulley removal?

[iain]

is there such a thing as a tool for removing the bottom pulley on a yb as someone was telling me yesterday there was but iv been searching the net and cant find anything

[Arne]

You need to remove the radiator and intercooler and then you need a powerful Impact Wrench. But would be nice if there is a tool out there that remove the pulley without removing these parts.

[Simon T]

I had to use a three pronged tool that slowly winds the pully off, bolt is easy to undo but the pulley can be a nightmare and they are known to break too. I think there is s tool you can get that means you can do it without removing the rad/cooler. Cossiecrazy has one I think.

[iain]

yeh heard they are a bit off a nightmare, my mate who does all my mechanical work said it took him best part of an hour to get the pulley off my old escos

[Rolls]

I've got one - screws into the 3 holes in the front of the pulley - removes them a piece of piss!

[Simon T]

That's the Ford type one. where did you get it from?

[Rippers]

The one I borrowed off franco to do mine looked like this:- http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Bearing-Puller...item27b14c97dd

the nut was the hardest thing to undo nut that holds it, I used a freeze spray and a 2ft breaker and scaffold tube to crack it off

[Rolls]

Ebay - guy was making them about 2 / 3 years ago, not seen them on there for yonks now though!

[Simon T]

the nut came undone no bother on mine. The bearing puller that Paul lists is exactly what I used, however you'll need the radiator out to get that on. The one Rolls has can be fitted and used with the radiator in place.

[sixaxles]

ive heard its the same as the one for removing the crankshaft pullies out of tranny vans.

[Rolls]

i'm happy to send mine to moster if he'd be willing to make some (once i've done the cam belt on the car in a few weeks) if people are interested!

[Dave]

Got a pic Rich?

I just use a std hub puller, it attaches to the 3 tapped holes on the front pulley with 8mm bolts, you then screw a larger bolt through the centre which butts up to the crankshaft bolt and draws the pulley off that way. It's a bit bulky which means the rad & fans need to come out first though.

[Rolls]

Sounds pretty much the same as what I use mate - i'll try to get a pic this evening!

[MarkN]

I bought the proper puller off of ebay for about £18 a year or so ago. It's a great replica of the proper Ford puller and works a treat.

[the youth]

you can see the propper puller for the job in this pic it's the black round thing with the bolt in it.
I borrowed it off a m8 to do mine last year



steve