I finally dumped the pictures in my camera and got them hosted.
Here's a couple tools in action:
The bushing in the A1 alternators can make it tough to slide the alternator back on so I press it back a ways, using a bolt nut and washer to press it back into the socket.
...and this is what I use to pull stuborn injection pump sprockets:
'91 Golf gasser converted to a 12mm pump, M-TDI.
'84 1.6TD Rabbit with a VNT-15 turbo, still setup to run on vegetable oil.
'84 GTI with 1.7TD pistons and intercooled.
2003 TDI wagon
2000 TDI Jetta.
On the second picture do the bolts that go thru the big holes in the sprocket have a groove ground in them to hook onto the sprocket ?? A thin backing nut ??
I'm considering drilling and tapping all my sprockets on my latest engine for puller bolts... they *always* seem to be "stubborn" !!!
Vince
Vince
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2001 silver TDI Jetta Malone Stage 1.5 , 2001 blue TDI Jetta SBIII 216s Malone Stage 3
1970 Bay Window bus
Gone but not forgotten: 1969/1971 Beetles, 1969/1974 Westies, 1979 Rabbit, 1986 TD Jetta, 1992 gas Jetta, 1994 TD Jetta
I put nuts on the back and threaded the bolts into them,... and they go through the small holes in the sprocket.
Grinding a lip/shelf near the end of the bolts is an idea I might try
It would be easier/faster than sliding a nut behind the sprocket.
'91 Golf gasser converted to a 12mm pump, M-TDI.
'84 1.6TD Rabbit with a VNT-15 turbo, still setup to run on vegetable oil.
'84 GTI with 1.7TD pistons and intercooled.
2003 TDI wagon
2000 TDI Jetta.
82vdub wrote:
Vincent, are you sure there's enough "meat" on the sprockets to drill and tap some additional holes?
Dunno... that's a good question. They look pretty beefy to me and are already pretty drilled out... I'd need to make sure balance is not impacted either. I just know that I'm pulling that pulley every 75K and I hate fighting with it !!
Vince
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2001 silver TDI Jetta Malone Stage 1.5 , 2001 blue TDI Jetta SBIII 216s Malone Stage 3
1970 Bay Window bus
Gone but not forgotten: 1969/1971 Beetles, 1969/1974 Westies, 1979 Rabbit, 1986 TD Jetta, 1992 gas Jetta, 1994 TD Jetta
Vincent, when you install your pully, have you used some anti-sieze lubricant on the shaft and pully, or installed dry? Another idea you can try is using a candle and melting wax on a couple spots on the shaft, then install the pully. That may allow it to come off easier too.
I know there is a lot of holes in the pully's now, but drilling two more holes in it may weaken it to where it could break. I guess I didn't even think about the balance issue with drilling new holes, but that would probably come into play as well.
Everybody else lists their cars here - but not me.
For the sprocket remover I use carriage bolts reversed compared to the picture and turn a nut on the side that's visible. The carriage bolt has a large flat surface on the back of the head which with a little bit of grinding can be made even a bit bigger on one side; insert them through the large holes in the sprocket; no need to get nuts threaded on behind the sprocket.
Cool tool! I assume the notched ends rotate so that when you use it, one would be facing 180 degrees from the other? My home-made model with the 3/8" carriage bolts is similar, (not in appearance, of course,) but the two bolts are locked onto the bar with nuts on both sides to hold them solidly in place; about $2.00 and an hour of my time; (zero coolness: I'm not sure I would post a picture of it even if I had conquered that little picture-posting challenge.)
I just used a typical gear puller...No need to reinvent the wheel.
1981 VW Rabbit Pickup
and an Additional 1981 VW Rabbit Pickup
"You may have to 'metaphorically' make a deal with the 'devil.' And by 'devil,' I mean Robot Devil. And by 'metaphorically,' I mean 'get your coat.'"
whoo hoo! finally got it. (picture upload, I mean.) Sorry it's so big; next time. Took me 9 times to 're-invent the wheel' on that one; the sprocket puller was much easier.
