removing crank shaft pulley in 92 Ford Ranger

[Thomas Delker]

Hi Everyone,
I am sooooo annoyed right now. I was working on replacing my timing
belt in my '92 2.3L ford ranger with 120k on it (yes, this is the first
time that I have replaced the belt... I'm a little slow in the
preventative maintence thing). At $150 for labor from all the local
shops, and the apparent ease of the repair, I figured that I would do it
myself... One snag...
I got everything off, could even loosen the timing belt tensioner,
but I couldn't get the crankshaft pulley off. There are four small
bolts on the pulley. Not sure what they do, but am pretty sure that
they don't hold the pulley on. There is a bolt in the center of pulley
that needs to come off BUT I CAN"T GET IT LOOSE! grrrr...
To loosen it you have to turn the engine in the opposite direction
of rotation, so I was hesitant to put it into gear and really crank on
it. I did try it a bit in 1st gear, but the springiness of the engine
made it difficult. Maybe this is the way to do it, but I didn't want to
push it too hard without getting some advice. I know that the timing
belt can slip if you turn the engine in the opposite direction, and that
didn't happen... any other damage? I have an impact wrench and tried
that, but after hammering on it for a while nothing was happening... I
gave that a really good try but couldn't get it to loosen. I know in a
shop they would simply put that air powered impact wrench on it, and let
that do the work, but I just don't have that...
So, any ideas for the shade tree mechanic without air tools? I had
the whole thing apart, the old belt off, but I couldn't get it around
the pulley, darn it! It's all back together and driving fine. The
timing belt looked good, so I am not super worried, but I did just buy a
new one, so I might as well put it on...
Thanks for any help. Sorry for the length of this email. I am just
a little fustrated! :)
Tom Delker

P.S. Chilton Repair manual details this step as
4) remove crankshaft pulley and belt guide.
Sounds easy, doesn't it? No other mention of how to do this in the
book...

[Rick Jameson Jr.]

Sounds like the easiest way to get it off, in your case, is to put a breaker
bar on the bolt, jam it against the trucks frame, then go hit the starter.
It'll come loose.
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