Ishinc

hey everyone!
I am in the process of fixing my girlfriends honda accord and i'm in need of a crank puller tool, the one that holds the pulley so I can tighten up the bolt. I looks like a big hex shaped wrench with a handle. It has a hole in the middle to put in a socket to tighten the bolt. I can't find this tool anywhere! Does anyone have one I can borrow? I live in SoCal in the 626 area code. I would be greatly appreicate it. I need it ASAP because i will be out of town for a couple weeks after friday. This is the very last step!! Please help!

thanks!

ChickenLover

I used a cheap Harbor Freight pulley remover to hold mine. 10 bucks at HF.

Steveh29

Do you think you could put the belts on the crank pully and hopefully they would hold it from spinning while you honk it down with an air impact wrench? Is the pully spoked where you could stick a screwdriver though it against the block to keep it from spinning? Does it have any kind of snout or collar on the back end where you could grab it with a cloth wrapped pipe wrench (cloth to keep the wrench from chewing up the collar). Maybe a local auto parts store has a tool you can borrow or rent. Or call around to some rental places and see if they rent specialty tools.

MTL_4runner

That sounds like an SST to me, you might try to see if Autozone will have one (they rent tools free).

Mike Murrell

I've done more than one Honda t-belt and searched the world high and low for a SST. Couldn't find it. Dealer either didn't have it or didn't want to sell it.

The I opened my eyes and started thinking.

The pulley has holes. There are many different pulley designs on the Honda transverse engines. Take a piece of lumber about the width of the pulley and cut a hole pattern for 3-4 of the holes in the board. You can go to Home Depot or Lowes and look on the isle with the bolts, screws, etc. There will be drawereswith clevis pins, etc and plastic bushings. Slide a bushing into each hole, then slide a bolt thru each hole in the board. Now stick the bolts in the holes on the pulley that they match up with. You'l also drill a large enough hole with a paddle bit for your 17mm or 19mm socket that will be used to loosen the crank bolt. You get the boards bolts in the pulley holes, then hold on to the other end of the board as a counter. Loosen the crank bolt and you're on your way. Use it later to retighten.

Steveh29

That's a really cool idea Mike. I'm going to have to keep that in my back pocket should I ever run into this problem.

kevin444

My friend uses one similar cept is has a chain on it.

Mike Murrell

Kevin:

Be careful with the chain wrenches. They have a habit of breaking pulleys - metal against metal and the pulley always seems to loose.

MTL_4runner

Chain wrench is fine as long as you use something to prevent it from damaging the pulley.
I use a piece of old bike tire wraped around the balancer to prevent damage and reduce slippage.
Setup works very well.

Morphine

Chainwrench is the way to go. That's how I did mine on my 3vze. Be careful and dedinitely wrap something around the pulley for protection.

-=Morphine=-

kevin444

Yeah i forgot to add he had some thick rubber belt and wrapped around it for something the chain can grip onto. All good = )