pissin me off........

**jmatt07** · 03-14-2009, 04:34 PM

ok so ive been tryin for about the last hour to get the damn harmonic balancer pulley off....im using a three jaw puller and almost every time that damn claws just pop off after i start tightening it. One time they stayed on for a lil bit and i thought i was good but it popped off again. i dont know what the hell to do about this its really pissing me off. any thoughts or ideas or hints or tips or tricks or something to help?......................DAMMIT....thanks

**0rion** · 03-14-2009, 04:38 PM

where are you grabbing at on the pulley? It's a pain in the ass fore sure. I think on mine I flipped the hooks around or something. Been a while.

**02blkws6** · 03-14-2009, 04:46 PM

BFH

j/k

**01ws6er** · 03-14-2009, 04:52 PM

I have a cheap ass $8 pulley from Harbor Freight and I couldn't get it to fit inside so we put it on the outside and it kept popping off. There is an extra hole drilled in each of the jaws of my pulley for adjustment and I put my old pushrods in them and it prevented it from slipping and allowed me to get the pulley off.

**01ws6er** · 03-14-2009, 04:54 PM

and trust me I know your frustration here... I wanted to go on a rampage and kill everyone in my neighborhood about 100 times while replacing my motor, but I hung in there and got it done

Good luck man!

**jmatt07** · 03-14-2009, 05:00 PM

wow thats exactly what i just got done sayin to my little brother. its pissin me off so much. im losing my damn mind on this car. im honestly starting to regret buying performance parts for it.

**0rion** · 03-14-2009, 05:06 PM

Originally Posted by jmatt07

wow thats exactly what i just got done sayin to my little brother. its pissin me off so much. im losing my damn mind on this car. im honestly starting to regret buying performance parts for it.

it's all part of the process and after you're done you'll forget all about that stuff. If you get frustrated with it just put down the tools for an hour or two and go back to it. Whatever you were working on will then be 10 times easier to get off.

**01ws6er** · 03-14-2009, 05:17 PM

Originally Posted by jmatt07

wow thats exactly what i just got done sayin to my little brother. its pissin me off so much. im losing my damn mind on this car. im honestly starting to regret buying performance parts for it.

Dude take a breath and calm down. You must be the same age as me, cause all these older guys seems to have gone through this phase already and all this bs stuff doesn't pahse them

You have a 3 jaw puller right? Does it have an allotment for adjustment cause thats where I put the old pushrods? IF you can't use the old pushrods then get somethin to put in the holes to stop it from slipping off.

Seriously, calm down man! It's not the thing you wanna hear but it's the truth!!!!!!!!!!

**01ws6er** · 03-14-2009, 05:21 PM

Originally Posted by 0rion

it's all part of the process and after you're done you'll forget all about that stuff. If you get frustrated with it just put down the tools for an hour or two and go back to it. Whatever you were working on will then be 10 times easier to get off.

EXACTLY!!! It's so cliche' but most of the time thats how it works.

Jmatt, if you have problems with this, do not ever attempt to drop the motor/tranny/and k-member cause you will

**BowTied** · 03-15-2009, 04:23 AM

Originally Posted by 0rion

it's all part of the process and after you're done you'll forget all about that stuff. If you get frustrated with it just put down the tools for an hour or two and go back to it. Whatever you were working on will then be 10 times easier to get off.

Years of working on things backs this up as the great commandment! I learned this in the Air Force working on cargo planes...those things can be a real pain...crap moves from blue-print with the age of the plane. I think this is one reason I still smoke...a walk away, a couple of cigarettes, and a good cup of coffee really helps to passivate the adrenaline.

One thing younger guys do wrong...keep trying something that doesn't work. Oddly, they are attempting to show patience, but they are often just heaping more coal on the fire. Find a way to help the tool work or get another tool! Tools are untrainable. And remember you aren't failing...the tool is, you are designed to do a million things the damn tool is designed to do 1 thing...and it ain't gettin' it did!

**BowTied** · 03-15-2009, 04:27 AM

Commandment #2...don't plan in on it!

....like..."today I should get this, this, then that, then the other thing done!"

If you haven't done this exact job on this model before and it promises to be some work...you really get aggrivated when the list starts getting shorter of what you can get done today!

**Cutlass** · 03-15-2009, 07:20 AM

do you have one like this where the legs are reversable?

or one like this?

**TransAm11973** · 03-15-2009, 09:26 AM

Originally Posted by 01ws6er

and trust me I know your frustration here... I wanted to go on a rampage and kill everyone in my neighborhood about 100 times while replacing my motor, but I hung in there and got it done

Good luck man!

lol

**JoshieDoom** · 03-15-2009, 11:00 AM

<---has a video of removing it. Will post on youtube

**JoshieDoom** · 03-15-2009, 11:15 AM

Its TV. its fast... pause it and look at the way the puller is angled. Took forever to make that clip lol

http://s249.photobucket.com/albums/g...cerremoval.flv

**BowTied** · 03-15-2009, 02:35 PM

That was an epic film. I'd consider putting in an intermission, so viewers can get a snack and go to the head and what not.

**jmatt07** · 03-15-2009, 05:05 PM

OK i FINALLY got the damn thing off. Thanks for the help guys. today i went to autozone and advanced autoparts and used their loan a tool program and loaned every last puller they had. earlier today i bought a set of pullers from harbor freight and as i tightened the puller the bolts that hold the arms on snapped in half! piece of crap tools lol. well thats when i loaned those pullers and finally got it off. i actually had to put a long piece of pipe on the on of the ratchet that was on the puller to break it free. Once it gave a loud pop then it was pretty easy to get out.

**01ws6er** · 03-15-2009, 05:09 PM

Originally Posted by jmatt07

OK i FINALLY got the damn thing off. Thanks for the help guys. today i went to autozone and advanced autoparts and used their loan a tool program and loaned every last puller they had. earlier today i bought a set of pullers from harbor freight and as i tightened the puller the bolts that hold the arms on snapped in half! piece of crap tools lol. well thats when i loaned those pullers and finally got it off. i actually had to put a long piece of pipe on the on of the ratchet that was on the puller to break it free. Once it gave a loud pop then it was pretty easy to get out.

Glad to hear you got it!!! My cheap ass puller held up and we beat the hell outta the thing. I left the bolts a little loose though so that it would be easy to move or absorb impact better...