Comments on: Reader Tips: Pulling A Stuck Pulley

By: jamesn

jamesn — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:27:14 +0000

i have the proper pulley puller in my tool box. about every third time i go to the junkyard, i see somebody trying to pull one with a breaker bar and their teeth. i usually charge them a can of coke for removing the PS pulley. a normal cordless impact gun, event he biggest dewalt makes will not get the ones built after 2001. they are on there like a mother. i have a snap-on CT4850 (the BIG one) and it struggles to get them off. be sure you use HTHS grease on the threads of your puller. you will wear them out if you dont.

By: Chuck Cage

Chuck Cage — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:04:42 +0000

All: In our case, the front of the pulley was already mangled, which meant that all the easy pullers you’re describing won’t work. They require that the groove on the center be intact. Ours wasn’t.

So, we ended up having to hack the hell out of ‘em to get at it. This is a more elegant solution than mine, but considering that the pulley’s already a loss, my cut-a-pie-in-it idea worked as well.

By: Shopmonger

Shopmonger — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:08:44 +0000

Yes and the nice thing about these pullers is because it uses the snout on the pulley it does not bend or warp the pulley

By: Mike lee

Mike lee — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:04:25 +0000

They make a special tool for this operation. Like the previous respones stated, you need an impact wrench to use the puller. However, you can do what I did and go to pep boys, buy the pump and they will pull the pulley and place it on the new pump.

By: james b

james b — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:39:05 +0000

Just having had a similar experience, this article caught my eye. I bent the pulley from the Grand Cherokee, trying to get it off. Then the replacement from Advance was plastic, and I broke that trying to put it on the new pump. NAPA got one from their warehouse, but it was plastic as well. I ordered one from Mopar and they sent a really nice rearview mirror with lights built in. They Mopar guys in Beaverton expressed the right part and I got it on last night, but then proceeded to cross thread the high pressure hose. Autozone replaced the hose under warranty, which was cool. Then I backed it out with the front end still jacked up from bleeding the pump. And they say engineers don’t have any practical skills..

By: Shopmonger

Shopmonger — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:30:40 +0000

Actually they make a split sleave power steering puller that uses and impact gun and these are awsome. I used to have one and everyone of my friends would borrow it. I agve it to a friend of mine in Cali, when i left to come out to NJ. It may be similiar to the one Rick rented.

It has 2 semi circles that go over the “snout” on the pully, then a metal sleave that slides over that to keep them together. and then a large bolt that threads into the sleave, you then just use and impact gun to drive the bolt into the center of the pump and it pulls the pulley right off…….

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:09:23 +0000

I just borrowed a power steering pulley puller from AutoZone. Make sure all of the parts are there and in good shape though. Still a pain in the posterior