so ordered my stage 3. installed the heat exchanger, injectors and have been trying to get the pulley off for three days. i tried a pulley puller from autozone, in hopes it would work.. not so much. i have heard of people using them and not having a issue. not me. next i tried some shops with a press.... no go there either. next i thought gm dealers install stage kits on cobalts they can do it. so i took it to the local dealership and they have had it for 7 hours and still have yet to remove the pulley. the shop manager told me it is a very hard process and it takes time because they were not meant to come off.... i replied with, why does gm sell stage kits then? he did not have a response... so now they will try working on it again tomorrow. i know i just should have bought the zzp tool to start. has anyone else had this issue with dealerships? i am pissed that i have been without a car for 3 days. tomorrow will be 4 days. are some years easer to remove for some reason? ok thats the end of my rant.... lol

 

It took me a socket, a press, and maybe 5 minutes.

You're dealing with ******* idiots.

 

thats what i am saying! i just want my damn pulley on! they told me it would be 60 bucks to pull the old one off and press the new hub on.

p.s. thanks for the pointers on installing my heat exchanger last saturday joe. it went on way easer after you walked greg through it.

 

should've gotten a real pulley puller and had it off in 5 mins

 

dude..your sig is killing me.

 

Haha, didn't even realize whom you were at first. No problem man.

This press-


Hang the blower, pulley up, backside of pulley resting. Socket that's identical inside to push shaft out, have someone to catch blower. Success.

 

just wanted to make people aware that this is the ONLY way a press should be used in relation to the blower. you can't use a press to put the new hub back on without risk to the internals. only the stock pulley off.

 

i have the orange harbor freight version hahahahah soo it will take of the stock pulley??

 

lmao its halarious when people think it's mine

 

Here is how the dealerships handle the Stage kits: They macguyver something.

Most dealerships don't have the proper tools to take the pulley off (ZZP and OTTP both carry tools that make this step easy).

 

I used a propane torch to heat up the old pulley and the new hub...... You man call it magic, I call it FIRE

 

Good point.

 

I had one a press wont remove either. Had to cut a chuck out of it with a zip cut, then use a die grinder to get down close enough and use a chisel and split it. But turns out the shaft grew slightly from expansion and contraction as my car saw 2 Canadian winters with stock pulley on it and I ended up ruining my new pulley hub pressing it on because the shaft was too over sized. I recommend finding a used snout, ideally one with a hub in it. Thats what I did, pain free deal.