Hi everyone, just joined the site. I have a '94 3000GT (non-turbo) w/auto trans. Have to remove the crank pulley/harmonic balancer. I tried loosening the bolt on it (ccw, I presume) with hand tools, but it's just turning the engine along with it. I need to lock the pulley in place somehow. Is there a tool designed to do that (besides homemade)? I happen to have a chain wrench (and a strap wrench) which I was going to loop around the pulley to see if that will work. I also have an air ratchet I thought I'd try that might give it more of an instant 'oomph' than I can by hand. I've seen people actually crank the engine while leaving a breaker bar on the bolt to loosen it, but that doesn't look safe somehow to me.

I imagine once (hopefully) the bolt is off, I'll need a puller to get the pulley off the rest of the way.. Will a standard harmonic balancer puller do the trick? Autozone rents out one (OEM27019).

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

 

pneumatic impact(air gun) will do the job. the pulley should just come off with a little bit of effort.