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Problem fitting lightweight pulley to alternator

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 5:28 pm
by vanzep
Got my unorthodox lightweight pulley kit from Dino
Bought a new alternator so i could fit it onto the spare and then plan was to swap the whole unit into the lude on the next dry sunny day.... :)
Problem is i cannot get the nut holding the pulley on to budge - had it in a vice and used breaker bar = wouldnt budge :?
now im not sure which way i should be loosening it...but trying either way didnt seem to want to go at all - and i dont want to strip the threads so thought id check and see if anyone new which way and how to do this?
Thanks

New pulley
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2nd hand alternator - now with knackered pulley :(
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The nut that will not move :twisted:
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 5:33 pm
by bristol_bb4
did you manage to hold the pulley tight enough in the vice to stop it moving while you man wrestled with the nut?

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 5:37 pm
by 4thgenphil
its a left handed thread! ;)

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 5:37 pm
by 4thgenphil
really is BTW !

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 5:51 pm
by vanzep
4thgenphil wrote:its a left handed thread! ;)
so clockwise to undo - well thats what id been trying....
thanks for confirming that Phil

now any suggestions to getting it undone.
It was put up in a vice as tight as i dare do it - you can see some of the pulley has crumbled.....

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 5:51 pm
by 106pete
Yup it's left hand thread, take it to a garage and use their impact gun! It's unbelievable how easy they make it look. You don't want to be putting the new pulley in the vice really do you.

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 5:54 pm
by 4thgenphil
106pete wrote:Yup it's left hand thread, take it to a garage and use their impact gun! It's unbelievable how easy they make it look. You don't want to be putting the new pulley in the vice really do you.
+1 on that

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 5:58 pm
by vanzep
cheers pete sounds like i will have to get some help - i did put a bend in the breaker bar....so i was trying :oops:

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 7:43 pm
by Merlin
If you dont get it sorted bring it to my dads who has a vice. We can have a go with my impact gun 8-)

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 9:49 pm
by vanzep
cheers will do