Elhonaz

Didnt get the bolt loose by hand with an 24mm wrench.. gonna need to take it to a lift and shoot it loose with an impact wrench. Or maybe try with a longer wrench tomorrow.

I also measured the clearence and it was around .5mm/.55mm so its to much, also the bearing has a little but easily noticeble play in it so I went on and ordered it. So there's shimms behind the pulley even from the factory? Is it possible to buy shimms from dealer if needed?

Thanks!

viren.89

Try this method if you like- it is similar to the instructions berti provided

and Yes- the factory distance must be maintained in order to preserve the new S/C pulley's longevity unless until you read somewhere that .55mm is too much ?

Elhonaz

Yeah tried exactly that! The bolt just seesms to be seized on there pretty hard.

And yeah post #19 by"unagi1" has an attached file on it wich seems to be an orginal MB "howto" on changing the pulley, there it says that the clearence should be .35-.45mm

ss.dna02

I tried to remove the SC pulley bolt and I could not do it to save my life

austingtir

Get one of those map gas blow torches and heat it up a little (then quickly have another good crack at it with a good breaker bar). Be careful though obviously.

The rattle gun option is the best though but even sometimes with those you need to heat them a little.

kneedeep

I managed to get my pulley off following most of the directions everyone has said. The main thing that did it for me was heat and then breaker bar. I tried with a wrench first but no luck. Just keep at it and you'll get it.
Unfortunately it didn't solve my issue but I hope it will for you.

E55amgsd

Hey guys eurocharged also told me not to put any shims on my pulley ..is anyone running no shims?? ..the reason he told me to not put any shims is because the pulley plate is lose and is making a bad bearing noise ..he said that I might have a bigger gap and thats what caused my plate to become lose because it had to engage a lil more than normal ..

E55amgsd

Euro charged told me not to put shims on mine :/ ???how is your car running with no shims ?