# TDC to remove crankshaft pulley

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/tdc-to-remove-crankshaft-pulley/41262>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [December 25, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tdc-to-remove-crankshaft-pulley/41262 "2009-12-25T19:54:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![lucasm822](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5e925/32.png) [@lucasm822](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lucasm822)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tdc-to-remove-crankshaft-pulley/41262/1 "2009-12-25T19:54:52Z")

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Hello again. I am currently in the midst of replacing a blown head gasket on a 2003 Eclipse 4 cylinder. When locating TDC in the number 1 piston, am I finding it on the exhaust or compression stroke in order to remove the pulley? When I get it will the pulley come off easily, or will I have to give it a pretty solid tug?

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tdc-to-remove-crankshaft-pulley/41262/2 "2009-12-25T20:44:40Z")

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Duplicate post answered in “General Discussion.”