mikes7ke

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Sometimes we don't have the needed special tool for a job, and need to improvise. A buddy helped me come up with this simple and effective idea. Use the timing belt and vice grips. In hindsight vice grips might not even be needed. I don't know if it's a bad idea to allow the camshaft pulleys to rotate in our non interference engines, but it doesn't seem like a necessarily good idea to me. You'll get the basic idea from the picture.

If the timing belt snapped or snapped trying this, you could probably cut a length of belt long enough to cover one pulley and hold it in place with a belt wrench or a chain wrench.

And as if it even needs to be said, don't plan on using this method if you're not replacing the timing belt.

The best I could describe instructions is wrap the belt from one pulley to the other and minimize slack in the belt. Hold the belt in a way to keep ion the pulleys and keep the pulleys from spinning. Do whatever it takes to break the nut loose - breaker bar, socket wrench, impact gun, breaker bar with pipe wrench...


If you're strong enough, this might be all you need.


This almost worked but I needed to make a slight modification which I forgot to take a picture of.

Raddison

Clever, I like it.

PureDrifter

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a fat screwdriver or metal rod holding it in place works too...

mikes7ke

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Yeah I started off trying something like that and got very nervous. Well more nervous. This is the first time I've ever removed this much from an engine.

Extrudedco

A strap wrench does a great job holding the camshaft pulley while you loosen the bolt.