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Parker: (2015-09-01 17:35:25)

Okay I feel totally retarded here but I can't figure out how to remove the power steering and alternator pulleys. All the Googling I do only comes up with results for removing the press-on kind of pulleys, and mine don't look like they're gonna be pressing anywhere until I can get the spindle nut off, which I can't do because I can't immobilize the pulley sufficiently to break the nut loose. Am I missing something really obvious or what?

Thanks in advance.

Axel kain: (2015-09-01 19:31:03)

I know for a fact that the alt pulleys just unbolt and slide off. the PS pump I believe is splined and also, unbolts and slides off. I use an Impact and a rag to hold it when I do them.

300zxturboftw: (2015-09-01 21:19:58)

Maybe throw it in a vice and use an impact gun?

Parker: (2015-09-01 22:54:59)

Yeah, I'm gonna have to do something like that. I'm just worried about damaging the pulley or the spindle. Thanks for the responses, guys.

Gregmatic: (2015-09-06 13:09:56)

its is splined and pops right off once the nut is removed, easy peasy

Parker: (2015-09-16 12:37:00)

Wow, do I feel like an idiot for having taken this long to discover the joy of impact tools. I can't believe how much I agonized over that stupid spindle nut. $45 at Ukrainian Tire (Newfie Speed & Sport for the Easterners) for a wicked-awesome timing sale on an electric impact gun, a single tap of the trigger without even trying to immobilize the rest of the pump, and the f**king thing spins right off just like I didn't spend several hours throwing things around my garage in frustration.

Easy peasy indeed. If only the operator wasn't such a retard. :P

Z_Karma: (2015-09-16 15:54:57)

Instant breakaway torque is a beautiful thing. Just use your new powers wisely.

PB-Blaster on the rusty bits, lest ye anger the gods of friction and gall threads.

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