so my s/c is off my car and im having a darn hard time getting the pulley off it - it would have been easier taking it off with the belt on...but now that its off .... im having a darn hard time. I am thinking about bringing it to a shop and have them remove it for me.

.... I went to a few places to get clamps to hold the pulley but nobody had anything that would work.

 

have you tried an impact?

 

yea but i have no way of grabbing the darn thing so it doesnt spin

 

Take the belt and put it around the pulley, then take the loose end of the belt and stick it into a vise, pull down on the belt hard so that it is tight on the pulley and then clamp the belt in the vise. Take your impact and the bolt will come out like butter.

 

that's weird. a good impact should take it off while holding it with one (gloved) hand. mine can.

try this to...with the impact give it a shot in the forward (locking) position, real quick, then flip back to reverse. I had to do that on the crank pulley...kind of like rocking the car back and forth out of a snow/ice patch. It worked to crack that nut loose the third time.

 

ok so impact gun it is ...... I have to go to my parents and try your ideas

 

Ok - great news - I took my old belt - wound it around the pulleys - put tension on it ....and it was very easy to grip the pulley. Took the impact gun ...came off A LOT easier then I would ever have thought.

 

glad we could help, btw why did you take your s/c off? Are you just changing the pulley out?

 

Engine problems - i had to get a new engine put in.