Removing Water Pump Pulley Bolts
A few months ago, a friend and I replaced the water pump in my Saturn. The biggest problem was figuring out how to remove the three bolts on the water pump pulley. On saturnfans.com, I found several methods:
1. Use a strap wrench to hold pulley while breaking loose the nuts.
Somewhat useful.
It was hard to hold on to the strap wrench while I applied torque to loosen the bolts. The wrench would have been more useful if it had a longer handle and better self-locking mechanism to lock the strap.
2. Keep the accessory belt on the pulley to provide resistance.
Useless.
The belt could not prevent the pulley from turning.
3. Jam screwdriver between two nuts and the frame.
N/A.
I couldn't see how this would work. The nuts have such a low profile that it was impossible to keep the screwdriver against the pulley nuts.
4. Use a wooden wedge.
This worked. I inserted a wedge between the pulley and subframe or crank pulley. Then I was able to break loose the pulley nuts.
1. Use a strap wrench to hold pulley while breaking loose the nuts.
Somewhat useful.
It was hard to hold on to the strap wrench while I applied torque to loosen the bolts. The wrench would have been more useful if it had a longer handle and better self-locking mechanism to lock the strap.
2. Keep the accessory belt on the pulley to provide resistance.
Useless.
The belt could not prevent the pulley from turning.
3. Jam screwdriver between two nuts and the frame.
N/A.
I couldn't see how this would work. The nuts have such a low profile that it was impossible to keep the screwdriver against the pulley nuts.
4. Use a wooden wedge.
This worked. I inserted a wedge between the pulley and subframe or crank pulley. Then I was able to break loose the pulley nuts.
posted by MyTravels at
12:18 AM
1 Comments:
I wish I would have tried the wooden block on my honda civic. I tried the screwdriver trick, and it bent the screwdriver and cracked the pulley. I still didn't get the pulley off before I sold it(trying to replace timing belt).
You should come be my electrician on the RX7. It has a battery drain and rough idle that are all supposed to be electrical problems.
Thanks for the post. I need to update my blog more, but I haven't worked on my car for some time. :(
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smith88, at 6:26 PM
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