sorry for posting a lot about pulleys... but has anyone used the 3 jaw on their car?

 

Are you talking about the puller?

 

yes sir

 

cause i have one available to me

 

i'd like to know that too, i have one at my parent's house, but what about putting the pulley back on? i had a friend with a S/C solara and he used the 3 arm puller to take off and a rubber mallet to re-install.

 

idk... i am doing it this saturday.... he used a rubber mallet to put the after market pulley on ?

 

yeah, it slid on by hand about 1/4" then the rest of the way tapped it on doing laps around the edge with a rubber hammer. took a while but it worked. i'm just not sure that's the best thing to do tho, but i'd like to know if it can be done.

 

if i am thinking about what you are talking about, then i used one. it bent my stock pulley, so then i just used a press.

 

so you cant just slide a 3" pulley on there after you remove the stock one ?

 

its crazy cause some people are telling me its easy to do it your self then some on the other hand are making it sound like its really hard

 

also do you have to use a press ?

 

there is a special kind of puller you have to use, the 3 jaw one will just bend the pulley. you dont have to use a press, i just used it because i had access to one.

 

i heard that you can use a 3 jaw but its just easier with the special one.... can anyone confirm this ?

 

hope someone gives an answer soon...

 

didnt you say your friend used a pulley puller 3 jaw ? you positive he did ?

 

There is a possibility of bending the stock pulley with the 3 jaw puller. Again its a POSSIBILITY. So who knows, I dont know anyone who has tried it.

 

yea i know.... i dont care about the stock pulley i just want to know if i cant take it off with a 3 jaw pulley puller

 

yeah but the stock TRD pulley is slightly smaller than ours i think, so it wouldn't bend as easy. i believe it is a 3" pulley they start with and he went to a 2.6".

i don't care that much about the stock pulley either so we'll see.

 

yea i wanna just rip the damn thing off i dont want it to bend and be stuck on there.... is there anywhere i can rent this special puller besides a damn website?

 

how many pulley threads are you gonna make. Just try it.

 

lol i know trying to get answers fast cause i am doing it saturday.... i just want to make sure that i dont *** anything up cause if i use the 3 jaw and it bends and doesnt come off wtf am i going to do you know i just want to know someone has done it before with a 3 jaw pulley puller

 

if it gets stuck, cut it on an angle with a grinder, then put a screwdriver in the slot and tap it until it comes off

 

well i think maybe with a little elbow grease it should pop off what you think ?

 

cause if that thing gets stuck im am going to flip out

 

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