I just removed a Stuck pulley from a 2006 cub cadet.. and It took m4 1 week, heat, cans of penetrating oil, hammers, pry bars, a puller,, and ultimately I had to cut it out with a grinder and hammer chisel
Harmonic Balancer puller works great. Put the crank bolt in a few threads and screw the HB puller on. Takes a few minutes to bolt it to the pulley and a few seconds to pop it off.
I agree with using the air hammer. But I believe if you would have put a longer bolt in there with a dimple in the center of the bolt head. And then used your air hammer with a pointed air chisel placed inside that dimpled spot it would have been easier to get it out
Kimball Midwest penetrating oil. Hit the bottom of the pulley on the shaft to vibrate the penetrating fluid down the shaft. Tap the side of the sleeve to release the pulley.
There was not tension on the belt, if there was I would have needed to work against it to remove the pulley when it finally came off. Some models (like zero turns) you will not have the option to remove the tension with a brake, you will have to roll it off a pulley first
This worked great. remember light love taps and the pullet walked off easily after soaking with penetration oil any where I could get into. Thanks for the idea!
Use a sacrificial bolt with a divot drilled/punched into the head into which a pointy air hammer chisel will seat. Taryl Fixes All has several sizes of these bolts he keeps on had for just this. Seems like the penetrating oil got down into there really good. Thx.
Better idea is to get another matching bolt; Drill the center off the nut and taper the end of punch to help keep the impact hammer from wondering all over the place.
That definitely helps keep things centered up! Many times we will use a bolt with a drill hole just started to make a little dimple to keep position. Thanks for watching!
I use a 8 inch 1/4 extension. I use the square part of it to put the air hammer in. The extension will bottom out in the hole without damaging the threads. Been doing it for yrs. But it will damage the extension a little. So I use it just for these jobs.
If you snap the bolt.. sort the issue permantly.. weld a couple of nuts on it where you can then drill holes for grub screws.. hell of alot easier in the future for replacing belts etc.. not so inclined to seize As far as im concerned.. Works for me anyways!
I do videos on what I see happen and what works. This pulley was stuck so I made a video to help people. Whether you believe it or not is up to you but there is no foolery here. See the other videos on electric pto clutches we have, same way.
Do them all the time with this method and it is the most effective way. Yes sometimes things are rusted and almost welded together. If that is the case nothing short of cutting it off is going to remove it. Thanks for watching!
Also Murray put a ton of antisieze..it just dropped out. The 'key' looks like a dimple or weld in the tube that slides on the crankshaft keyway. Must be a custom part.
