Getting the bottom spocket off

[Lighty]

Trying to do a bottom crank seal and for the life of me I can't get the bottom sprocket off.
You know the one that is ment to come off just by pulling it off with your fingers.

Any of you boys had this problem?? How the hell did you get round it.

[Mark Barber]

special puller matey ive had allsorts of issues with these and normally end up damaging the alloy seal housing

[cosmagedon]

Luckily the times ive ever had to remove one the engine has been out so ive just beaten the shit out of it with a copper hammer. But there is a puller on ebay now for £15 mate.

[Mark Barber]

i think he means the cambelt drive pully not the crank front pully ?

[SCS j1mbo]

yes they can be an absolute pain in the arse, had these at times on there so hard that have used the ally front cover as a pushing platform and had cranks in the presses !

try some penetration oil round it, and you maybe able to pry it off

[Lighty]

Jimbo.. Believe me mate i have tryed everything.. I have tryed heating it up i bit left it for a day soaking with oil on it... Do you know if there is a special tool for it?

[The Radman]

mine came off a doddle,i must have had a bit of luck for once there is a special ford tool that clamps around it somehow and pulls it off as there is a pic of it in the workshop manuals,funnily enough there was one on ebay a few weeks back that went for around £50 so i didnt bother with it

[Lighty]

special puller matey ive had allsorts of issues with these and normally end up damaging the alloy seal housing

i think he means the cambelt drive pully not the crank front pully ?

mine came off a doddle,i must have had a bit of luck for once there is a special ford tool that clamps around it somehow and pulls it off as there is a pic of it in the workshop manuals,funnily enough there was one on ebay a few weeks back that went for around £50 so i didnt bother with it

cossiecrazy: i tryed phoning you tonight mate so when you see you have two missed calls it was from me.. and yes mate i do mean the cam belt drive pulley.. have you got the tool for removing it?

Radman: I know what your saying i did my dads and a mates cars and they both came off by pulling them with my fingers... But when i did mine it was the same very very tight but it did come off in the end. But this one will not move at all..

[Mark Barber]

soz my son put my phone on silent

no i dont have the right one but ive made one to suit but it will damage the alloy casting