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Fitting trigger/toothed wheel
Major Stare - 15/5/06 at 01:42 PM

Trying to fit toothed wheel but im struggling to remove the bottom pulley (X-Flow).

Have removed the starter and tried to wedge the fly wheel but no joy.

Best way to do this ???

02GF74 - 15/5/06 at 01:48 PM

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Originally posted by Major Stare
Trying to fit toothed wheel but im struggling to remove the bottom pulley (X-Flow).

Have removed the starter and tried to wedge the fly wheel but no joy.

Best way to do this ???


wedged flywheel???? ok, guess you have not got past the removal of the bolt yet?

I take it you are using a big breaker bar but the bolt is not shifting? use a bigger bar or press hard on the bar and whack it will a rubber mallet to shock it - impact gun has the same effect.

On Land Rovers, & this shold work for other cars, put a breaker bar and wedge it against the chassis, usng straps, then turn the engine on the starter.

I'm sure there'll be other ideas....

Major Stare - 15/5/06 at 02:00 PM

Sorry, yes, im trying to remove the bolt.

The other "problem" is, the bottom pulley moving will mean i'll loose my TDC position

Iam using a large breaker bar.

I pressume the bolt isnt a reverse thread?

mookaloid - 15/5/06 at 02:13 PM

I think the bottom pulley is located on a woodruff key so you shouldn't lose your tdc marks.

Major Stare - 15/5/06 at 02:28 PM

Silly moment....woodruff key?

Marcus - 15/5/06 at 03:08 PM

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Silly moment....woodruff key?


'Peg' on crank, locates into a slot on pullley, preventing rotation.

Marcus

BKLOCO - 15/5/06 at 07:06 PM

If the engine is out of the car ie. accessable.
Get a lump of brass/copper/ally against the end of the bolt and hit it bl00dy hard with the biggest hammer you can find.

This should shock the threads and allow you to undo the bolt with relative ease.

Major Stare - 15/5/06 at 08:02 PM

Engine is currently in and fitted to car but have fairly good access to pulley.

Im out tomorrow to buy one of these.......should work, what do you reccon ?


paulf - 15/5/06 at 09:13 PM

If its in the car then put it into top gear and get someone to stand on the brake pedal whilst you undo it with a breaker bar and a length of pipe.
Paul.

Major Stare - 16/5/06 at 02:35 PM

Purchased an electric impact wrench today, took a couple of attempts but it loosened that bolt right off !!!

MikeR - 16/5/06 at 04:25 PM

cool means my 'proper' one (air powered) should be fine to do the same job then.

let us know how you get on with the trigger wheel - got to do the same at some point.

Major Stare - 16/5/06 at 07:54 PM

Mike,

Its a doddle, fitted mine to a X-Flow today.

I had to fit two metal spacers with the toothed wheel, so, i used a longer bolt.

Will tighten up in position when the VR sensor is fitted.

Easy

MikeRJ - 16/5/06 at 10:29 PM

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Originally posted by Major Stare
Mike,

Its a doddle, fitted mine to a X-Flow today.

I had to fit two metal spacers with the toothed wheel, so, i used a longer bolt.

Will tighten up in position when the VR sensor is fitted.

Easy


How have you keyed it to the crank pulley so it cannot change position?

Major Stare - 17/5/06 at 12:55 PM

I have bolted it up against the bottom pulley wheel.

I have spoken to a few other people who have done this with no problems.

David Jenkins - 17/5/06 at 12:56 PM

Silly question - but is it a backwards thread? It's a long time since I undid that bolt, but it's backwards on the front pulley/fan of a Pinto engine...
...or did I just imagine that?

David

Marcus - 17/5/06 at 01:08 PM

No, it's a normal thread.
The Pinto uses a viscous coupled fan connected to the water pump pulley, not the crank, hence Left hand thread.

Marcus