i tighten the pulley(water pump) to tight and i can’t get it off my tools won’t fit. HELP
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Am I reading that correctly, the tool you used to tighten it will not fit to loosen it?
As far as that goes, can you post a picture? Normally water pumps do not have removable pulleys.
Why are you trying to remove the water pump pulley?
If you’re replacing the water pump, the new one has a pulley on it.
If you’re trying to remove the puller from the pulley, just remove the bolts and nuts that hold puller arms onto the puller.
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Looks like you might have bent the ribs on the pulley.
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No idea what’s going on here but I’ve never had to use a puller to remove a pump pulley. Any press fit pulley should stay on the pump and never need to be removed or installed.
It’s a bit difficult for me to understand exactly what it is you were trying to do. Hopefully the pulley is not damaged because if so the belt will not last.
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The water pump drive pulley must be removed from the camshaft before the water pump can be removed. There is a specific puller used that attaches to the hub, a jaw type puller will damage the pulley.
I don’t know of any duratec that has a water pump drive pully run off of a camshaft.
That’s been going on since the days of the Contour, I believe.
But why? What a cluster.
You put the water pump where there is room for it. Sometimes that means at the rear of the engine, and you need a belt to run it. Every Northstar is the same way. Toyota V8 engines put the starter under the intake manifold. Sometimes it’s just about packaging.
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That makes me feel nauseous. Forgive the intrusion though. I guess you learn new things here even without asking questions. Did a #3 coil and starter on a 3.0 and never even noticed the water pump.
Many Toyotas and Benzes have bolt-on water pump pulleys, just to name 2 manufacturers
And that’s not the water pump pulley op is trying to remove . . . but I have a feeling it’ll get damaged because that puller will damage the pulley, while at the same time not even removing it
Anyways, I have a feeling he needs a different puller/installer set. I suspect he needs this type of tool set to do the job
There is a puller set on Amazon for $115, there must also be pullers for less. A replacement pulley cost $12.25 plus shipping, since the pulley appears to be damaged I would cut pulley off and not purchase the puller.
The real problem with a water pump in this location is that it only pays a technician 2.1 hours (1 hour factory warranty) to replace the water pump and I need a special tool. I can get paid 6 to 10 hours warranty time to replace a water pump on certain Toyota vehicles with no special tools.
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