[Mk2] [NA] Crank pulley removal

[abovetherim]

Hi the guys and girls
Gonna be taking the crank pulley off but gatting together the stuff i need.

Can anyone tell me the thread size for the 2 holes in the pulley to a) hold it with a special home made tool to undo the bolt and b) to then pull it off with a puller??

It looks about M8 from memory but this being a toyota will the pitch be standard M8 whatever that is.

Thanks in advance

[Shmed]

You are correct in that it is a standard M8

Good luck

[abovetherim]

You are correct in that it is a standard M8

Good luck

Thank you Shmed

[Driftlimits Performance]

M8 x 1.25

[abovetherim]

Thanks for that skywalker

5 mins pondering how to lock off the crank then 10 mins and a 4 foot bar to get the leverage to over come the pulley nut and job done.

As the engine is on a stand i put in a couple of the flywheel bolts and then a lever in them that wedged on the stand. Then a 4 foot bar over my breaker bar and a little heave ho and the bolt was off.

I had been told the pulley wouldn't need a puller but i had to use a puller to release it. Because of this thread i had 2 m8 bolts to hand for this.

[swaggansway]

ppl normaly bend a old valve degrees then lock it in the fly wheel but well done for the initative

[Driftlimits Performance]

I like using a 3/4" air gun!

[swaggansway]

always good luke but most ppl don't have fully kitted out garages like us.

it is amazing tho the initative ppl use tho....I remember the first time I had this problem when I was a nipper, I think I wedged a screwdriver in somehow. lol

[Driftlimits Performance]

back in the day i did one in the rain on the road in the gutter on a hill and jacked a screwdriver onto the flywheel. Glad i don't do any mobile work anymore!

[swaggansway]

fun fun......glad I don't work anymore

well only on my cars but am still learning every day

[abovetherim]

I like using a 3/4" air gun!

Funily enough a mate offered to loan me his compressor and air tools yesterday. I think he just wants to store them in my garage and not his lol

Over the years i have "adapted" tools and bits of metal to get the job done but now i try and get the right tool first time.
If the engine wasn't on the stand with the flywheel off i would have locked it off that way with plate and 2 bolts in the flywheel and the block. (thats how i locked it to undo the flywheel to crank bolts.

[swin]

here's one i made , half the fun is making a new tool



i used a cordless dewalt 18v impact wrench to get the bolt off ,didnt have to lock the pully,took a couple of battery recharges but it came off

[swaggansway]

top job