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Easiest process ever. Made a jig out of scrap wood to hold tool in place along with some clamps. Then just used a long ratchet, socket, 2" extension, and 3 foot handle from jack. Came off like butter.
Very Nice!
When I changed my crankshaft pulley, I just wedged the edge of the tool against the vehicle subframe and it worked fine, but your tool looks fantastic!
Why did you change the CS pulley?
Where you experiencing wobbling or vibration?
What is the mileage on your car?
At about 65K miles, my CS pulley started making noise and wobbling.
Changing it out was not so bad with the removal tool.
What brand harmonic balancer did you buy?
Thanks. I was paranoid about the tool shifting off the balancer while I was yanking on the bolt. That would result in me abruptly spinning the engine in reverse and could jump timing. There is a subframe piece going to the radiator but it was skewed a bit. Then I thought about shifting the tool down and bracing against the floor but I came up with the simple scrap wood idea and it was perfect. I am removing the pulley to get to the timing cover to replace the faulty sprocket gear. I have 30k miles and doing it before it goes bad which will inevitably happen.
The tool is another story and probably why I was so cautious. I bought from KTC and the guys are awesome. It originally came with a lip that is too deep and doesn't allow the tool to sit into the balancer. I tried on a M272 2011 E350 and it went in 3/4 of the way but only 1/2 on my M273 07 CLS550. It would shift right out of mine so I called KTC and they offered to do anything. I decided to grind down the lip to 1/8" and it fit perfectly. I sent the results to KTC so hopefully they will modify the design.
Thanks for posting this along with the pictures. Did the pulley slide out easily after removing the bolt or did you need some kind of puller to get it out?
How hard was the pulley removal? I have the bolt out..
Originally Posted by siliev
Thanks for posting this along with the pictures. Did the pulley slide out easily after removing the bolt or did you need some kind of puller to get it out?
The pulley slid off with little effort. Maybe working it with a prybar trying not to skew it will work it free. I don’t recall there being enough room to get a pulley in there but that would be ideal.
The pulley slid off with little effort. Maybe working it with a prybar trying not to skew it will work it free. I don’t recall there being enough room to get a pulley in there but that would be ideal.
05-08-2018, 11:32 PM
