removing crank timing belt sprocket

[Tim.duncan]

Hey guys

im trying to remove the crank timing belt sprocket so i can re seal my oil pump and the sucker just will not come off!! its nearly impossible to get a puller in there as the oil pump casting goes around it leaving very little room. im probely going to end up grinding down my puller arm just to get in there but just wanted to know

is there any tricks for getting this off?

cheers

[ke70dave]

yer i had the same problem. i destroyed a puller trying to modifiy it to work... i ended up destroying the pulley at the same time. and it still wouldnt come off.

then one day my mate came round, he cant talk, but i left him to play with the engine for a bit. i come back 5mins later and hes got the damn thing off. he just the claw end of a largish claw hammer. apparently it came off very easy....

so give that a go i reckon, it sounds agricultural.. but if it works...

[Jonny Rochester]

2 flat screwdrivers. One in either side. Lever both of them at exactly the same time.

[Nikkojoe]

For the ones that do not come off, you will have to discard them. I had 1 recently, 2 screw driver trick as jonny described failed hard, a puller chipped the back edge of the pulley off, so i just got my dremel out and cut a chanel in the gear and split it. I only did it because i had another to replace with, but that said it shouldn't be hard to get another from toyota or these forums.

[lo_rolla]

Softly tap it with a hammer going the whole way around it, Might be best to use some thing like an alloy drift, but the hammer should be fine so long as you don't hit it too hard. Spray it with CRC / Penetrene, give it some more love taps, then try the 2 screw drivers, pulley remover or the claw of a hammer.

I never would have thought of the hammer claw, it's just something we never had in any workshops I've worked in...

[FAST EDDIE]

they are fked to get off chisel has come out many times lol but i once got a stuck one off by heating it with the heatgun, i aslo scored a crank where the oil seal goes which isnt recommended haha!!

[Javal]

I use two medium sized prybars. Wiggle wiggle.

[Gunner]

there is the 2 holes that are about 6mm tap em out and use them for the puller.

[Nikkojoe]

there are no holes..... However you can drill 2 holes and tap, although if its really stuck as ive seen another where the thread strips!

For the guys that are saying pry bars with crc and any sort of penentrant, it fails when the edges start chipping off and bending. Split the sucker in half, like i did.

[Javal]

Yeah i've had that happen once.

Eddies suggestion of a great big fuck off cold chisel works just to get the pulley moving a tiny bit, then prybars.