Need some help when I was trying to remove the bottom pulley from the crank with a puller its just pushed the top thread down and I cant get the pulley bolt back in so I need to know what size the thread is so I can buy a tap to clean the thread back up please help
You've never had a tight one then!! I've had a few that are so tight, that the pulley bends while drawing them off!!
Thank very much It was rusted on I bent the pulley and in the end I cut it of But thanks zed and Paul can clean the threads now
I'd go carefully, so you don't mash your crank up . Top tip for next time is to put a small socket down the crank 'ole, so the end of the puller grinds against the socket rather than the pulley bolt threads. Every pulley I've removed has put up a fight ...
Precisely the problem, if you use a puller it will bend out of true. Yes I've bent some but generally it's possible to edge them off with a couple of screwdrivers if you don't expect it to just pop off.
I've had a few that won't edge off with screwdrivers... as prior to getting the puller is how I always used to do it!! Then I was pulling down my old 1500 semi-auto engine, and the damn thing wouldn't budge!! I've experienced it a few times since then too
