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Date:         Fri, 26 Aug 2005 18:29:30 -0700
Reply-To:     John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Removing and Re-affixing Water Pump Pulley Bolts (was: trip'n)
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> Opening the bolts on the pump pulley, I use an old belt and let it > get jammed between the main pulley and itself to get tighter as you turn the > pulley. It works for opening and closing too.

I use two wrenches to loosen (a box and a socket). Once the first is loose, I take it almost all the way out and use it as a bracing point for the box wrench while loosening the second and third. Putting it back is even easier. Thread all three in by hand, then brace the pulley against the engine case using a box-open combination wrench by putting the box end BEHIND the pulley over the tip of one of the three bolts, and the lower "prong" of the open end into the engine lift point hole up top above the crank pulley. Pics here: <http://bange.us/wrenchtrick-loosen1.JPG> <http://bange.us/wrenchtrick-loosen2.JPG> <http://bange.us/wrenchtrick-front.JPG> <http://bange.us/wrenchtrick-rear.jpg>


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