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Timing belt R&R while I'm swapping engine. Rear and front seals. Now getting the crank gear off. The pulley was nice enough to slide off easy.
I arranges a slide hammer with a finger that slipped behind the crank gear but it didn't budge.
There's another thread where a guy made a tool but I'm tired of that. A special tool is mentioned but said it's rare.
what are the alternatives...I'll look for the special tool...just a puller...on the small side? I usually rely on heat to expand a bore, but it's tight in there and forcing a smoking hot gear out of a crevice like that seems ugly.
I could just leave that seal in there. It's oily all around but can't say the front seal was dripping....sure don't want to go through this with the engine in.
I arranges a slide hammer with a finger that slipped behind the crank gear but it didn't budge.
There's another thread where a guy made a tool but I'm tired of that. A special tool is mentioned but said it's rare.
what are the alternatives...I'll look for the special tool...just a puller...on the small side? I usually rely on heat to expand a bore, but it's tight in there and forcing a smoking hot gear out of a crevice like that seems ugly.
I could just leave that seal in there. It's oily all around but can't say the front seal was dripping....sure don't want to go through this with the engine in.
