how to change alternator pulley

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Mar 30, 2009 | 03:37 PM

HT04

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how to change alternator pulley

does anyone know how hard ( or easy ) it is to change an alternator pulley? im looking a nice a nicely coloured one. lol.

dan

Mar 30, 2009 | 03:56 PM

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Easy mate, put your car in gear with handbrake on, undo the bolt on the alternator then loosen the tension bolt, then i think its a 22m short socket on a long breaker bar (will be tight) remove bolt but when taking pulley off watch out u dont damage or lose the rocket key. People would advise a new bolt but i think a bit of thread lock will do,

repeat in reverse to replace new pulley

Mar 30, 2009 | 04:54 PM

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ok mate. but im a bit lost. why do i have to put it in gear with the handbrake on? im on about the actual pulley on the alternator.

dan

Mar 30, 2009 | 07:12 PM

Nathan6301

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ah sorry mate thought u meant the crank pulley lol, got to much going through my head with my engine lol

Mar 30, 2009 | 07:24 PM

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i will be doing that aswell. while we are on the subject of crank pulley, can you tell me about the 'rocket key'. never heard of it before. where is it.? what do i need to do to it ?

dan

Mar 30, 2009 | 07:31 PM

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When i done the pulleys on my old car the hardest one to get off was the alternator one, tried it with a breaker bar but the pulley just slips and couldn't grip it. Took it down my mates garage and used an impact gun on it and it came off easy.