Crank Pulley Removal Tool (home made!)
Posted: Thu May 21, 2020 2:22 pm
Hi all,
I’ve been nice and busy sorting various things with Trevor- the steering box being one (new bearings, shaft, seal and worm nut) which wasn’t difficult but time consuming and very frustrating as the ball bearings aren’t enclosed in a race!
The other more pressing was the crank pulley leak from the timing cover. I’ve read several posts on here regarding people having difficulty removing the crank pulley so I thought I’d share a couple of photos of the tool I made up using an old circular saw blade in the hope that it may help someone out one day. A handy tip- If you don’t have enough spare 9/16 bolts you can always pinch the two that hold the fuel filter to the cylinder head.
I also had the dreaded groove in the pulley so I took it down to my mate’s engineering shop, and after lots of measuring he decided to put the pulley into his lathe and took about 0.5mm - 0.7mm off. As the seal is 63.5mm internally, and after machining the pulley measured 66.0mm he told me to give it a go. It fits very tight, and is now leak free- and if I do notice any leaking in future I can always fit a speedy sleeve!
All the best, Tim
I’ve been nice and busy sorting various things with Trevor- the steering box being one (new bearings, shaft, seal and worm nut) which wasn’t difficult but time consuming and very frustrating as the ball bearings aren’t enclosed in a race!
The other more pressing was the crank pulley leak from the timing cover. I’ve read several posts on here regarding people having difficulty removing the crank pulley so I thought I’d share a couple of photos of the tool I made up using an old circular saw blade in the hope that it may help someone out one day. A handy tip- If you don’t have enough spare 9/16 bolts you can always pinch the two that hold the fuel filter to the cylinder head.
I also had the dreaded groove in the pulley so I took it down to my mate’s engineering shop, and after lots of measuring he decided to put the pulley into his lathe and took about 0.5mm - 0.7mm off. As the seal is 63.5mm internally, and after machining the pulley measured 66.0mm he told me to give it a go. It fits very tight, and is now leak free- and if I do notice any leaking in future I can always fit a speedy sleeve!
All the best, Tim