i used a smoothflow pulley puller, the pulley wouldnt budge worth ****. so i took it to a local speed shop that does s/c's. they just called me an told me the pulley wont budge even with heating it up and using there puller. so he said they could just cut the stock pulley in half and take it off that way, i told him go right ahead. so my question is did anyone else have this problem takin there stock pulley off?

 

I've heard it's rough, but I'll look around for a thread someone else probably started about it

 

lol thats prolly what i'll end up doing.. i heard getting it off is the hardest part.. i'll be changing mine in about a month

 

mine was really hard to get off, like stripping threads hard

 

well mine was a crackhead to get off too. however a good old fashioned press did the trick nicely

 

I tried like 3 different pulley pullers... finally a someone with a press got it off..

cutting it works... its gonna take a while though haha...

impact wrench?

 

I've done over 200 and haven't come across one that I couldn't get off. It it seems like it just won't budge any more, use a hammer and give the backing plate a few whacks and it should break loose. Make sure that you don't keep hitting it in the same spot though, rotate it so the force is spaced around the pulley so it doesn't get canted.

Nate

 

i just ordered on of the smoothflow pullers from ott....can i get the pulley off while leaving the supercharger on the engine or do i HAVE to take it off?

 

With nates puller, its possible to do with out taking it off...

2 things though...

if you put too much pulling or pushing force, you can damage gaskets and some other things.

and its not that hard to take the s/c off...

 

i think i remember a thread about one of the guys who got the GM stage 2 installed by the GM mechanics, and when he went to pick it up they gave him the stock pulley back, but it was bend and warped to hell because of them trying to get it off.

 

ye thats what happened to mine...

 

yea it a pain to get off i ended up using a press in shop class....simple it was off in 2 seconds...another thing u can do is put some HEET on it and also but heat on it and try...its will pop really loudly!! also DO NOT HIT IT WITH A HAMMER!!! U could damage the shaft!!!

 

So...we can torch these without damaging the unit?

 

^^^what!!!!

 

i used a auto zone pully puller(biggest one) a big cresent wrench 10mm socket , vice, and a massive cheeter bar. it just started popping and making noise then slowly came off.

Ohh and i used heat too. lots o heat.

 

i ended cutting mine off it wouldent come off period even with a small press

 

Mine was hard to get off..and i actually didnt use a full SC pulley puller....I went to autozone and got a power steering pump puller and kinda fucked up the threads a bit but got it off lol...gotta love things you rent from autozone

LOL thats so funny you said that, I did the same minus heat...

BTW raced a black cobra that had the blacked out tails....

From 30 and 40 roll i got him about a car, car 1/2
From 10-20 rolls we where even lol