|
Hi Roland,
Maybe not funny, but so familiar to be recalling the exact challenge. I was just as surprised it didn't fall off like all those at home did.
I wanted the pulley, and the crank sprocket behind it for a spare, so no urgency or consequence to failure. Biggest beater I have in the junkyard tote is a Harbor Freight* ball pein maybe half a pound if that. Knowing for certain it could only be a film of rust between the crank and the pulley, I tapped around the outer edge with as much swing as I could muster between the pulley and the radiator. It did not take long before it was loose.
Something tells me from reading your posts over the years you would have already tried this, and you're thinking of returning with a puller and worried about the risk of dislodging the old rubber isolator using it. I'd think if you could, you wouldn't want that pulley anyway -- just take the sprocket and the plastic cover.
Did you know there's an outfit doing rebuilds on those vibration dampening (damping?) crank pulleys? I came across it a few years ago in some idle surfing -- no recommendation -- but it seems there's some market for that sort of thing.
Sorry if this isn't much help, but I couldn't help relating the similar experience. It should just fall off.
*Harbor Freight sells China-made tools in the US cheap enough so ordinary folk can afford tools they'd only dreamed of having before this trade existed
--
Art Benstein near Baltimore
"Doc, I can't stop singing 'The Green, Green Grass of Home.'" "That sounds like Tom Jones Syndrome." "Is it common?" Well, "It's Not Unusual."
|
