Illicitdream
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Does any one have any idea where a tool to remove the crank pulley bolt can be purchased? Ill be changing out my timing belt and water pump soon and have seen that most people have fabricated their own tools... Any ideas?
Crank pulley removal for timing belt
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TheDurk
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Pretty sure they all work except the next to last which is for the camshaft and the last which looks funky. Stick to the first four.....
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dautomotive&field-keywords=toyota%20crank%20pulley%20holder
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animator
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This method works great for removal... not so much for re-installation. If using this method, make sure you've got a way to get it back on.
TheDurk
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Yeah but how did you reinstall it? Doesn't work in reverse. I took it off the same way you did, but made a tool from a 2x4 in 20 minutes to install.
) A quick and easy purpose built tool though is much smarter, especially over the method I use 
Rock_Rat
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There's a lot of homemade ones that work great. I purchased a Schley from Amazon - Schley Products 64400 - Harmonic Damper Pulley Holding Tool. I also purchased the Schley (SCH97300) Toyota Timing Belt Tensioner Compressor. It's cheaper to make one. Soak the bolt overnight and the balancer will "slide " off the crank without a puller. If you plan on changing your cam seals you need to loosen the bolts while the tool and the belt are still attached. Pick up an inexpensive seal puller. Tape and cover with rags all holes...etc. There's a fella on here right now who is trying to fish out a washer that fell into his head and is lodged in a valve opening.
EDIT: It also helps to take a ton of photos to; 1 - put the dang thing back together correctly and, 2 - share with the community when someone asks for help. hehe
EDIT: I forgot the Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Schley-Produc...im_auto_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=1JPQRJ69FJYJ7Z3J6BV2
Rent a Huge Gorilla...Buy, if you don't already have one, a 250ft lb torque wrench. Recommend replacing as a minimum the balancer bolt. I replaced everything the belt came in contact with expect the pulleys (pump, idler and tensioner pulley, new crank and cam seals.)
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19963.4lsr5
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Homemade from the hardware store.
Blitzkrieg
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I have a tool my brother fabricated for me. If you want me to send it to you IM me. You cover shipping and give me a nominal fee to make sure I get it back.
It worked great and yours to use for free otherwise.
It worked great and yours to use for free otherwise.
BlazeRunner
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Here is the one I made for less than $15 from home depot. Used a 36" long bar of steel and chopped it into 9" and 27" pieces, then drilled some holes. Have the long bolts for the crank pulley and the shorter ones with nylon sleeves for the cam pulleys. Worked very easily and am using it again this weekend to help a buddy with his TB. Would highly recommend making your own, I have the Schley tool for the 1uz and it was not cheap and works no better... actually my custom tool works better. Not the best pics but you get the idea.
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LittleCaesar
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I used Durk's idea and it worked just fine. I will have to say to make sure you have a perfect alignment of the holes in the wood just lay the dampener on the piece of wood and trace how the holes will line up before reinstalling it.
Also use a drill bit that is the exact size of the bolt or just a little smaller. This will help to minimize any excess play in the holes in the wood, thus the bolts won't tend to bend as much while applying 217ft/lbs to the crank bolt.
Also use a drill bit that is the exact size of the bolt or just a little smaller. This will help to minimize any excess play in the holes in the wood, thus the bolts won't tend to bend as much while applying 217ft/lbs to the crank bolt.
Illicitdream
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Wow you guys are awesome for responding so fast! Thanks for all the info and ideas! I would love to fab it myself, but I sadly do not have anyone close by that had a welder and live a decent ways from a full hardware store such as menards or home depot.
Illicitdream
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Thus would be awesome! how much to ship to 50138?
Illicitdream
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I have tried this before on other vehicles to remove the harmonic balancer... Definitely did not like unpredictability...
Illicitdream
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Did that blue point tensioner also come in handy as well?
Rock_Rat
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If you mean the...Schley (SCH97300) Toyota Timing Belt Tensioner Compressor...yes. But, funny thing is when I rotated the crank after I did the install It looked like the belt was off a tooth, so me, not knowing, brought everything up to TDC and removed and re-installed the belt again. Manually rotated everything only to find the damn belt off a tooth again. Well, after some painstaking research I read that it will circle back around and will be off a tooth.
So the long and short of it is if you buy a new belt tensioner it's already compressed and the pin installed. DO NOT REMOVE until everything is in place. If you do everything right. Once you pull the pin you should be OK. If you need to take anything apart you will need the tool to compress it again.
EDIT: Considering I don't plan on going back in the front again, I decided I would replace anything the belt came in contact with, except the cam pulleys and the balancer. As most of the guys have already said, the belt is pretty much bullet proof. It's something else that freezes in contact with the belt that causes the belt to break.
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animator
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That tool is useful if you are needing to get the belt off and plan to reuse the tensioner, which is not advised when doing a timing belt service.
But, you can also take off the tensioner and compress it in a bench vise.
If you're doing a complete timing belt service and are replacing all the things that get replaced during a timing belt service, that tool is not needed.
kball
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The next to last one worked great for me Durk!
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TheDurk
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Yeah, that's a good one. I have two after that one. I changed my three to a four.
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