[V8] help pleaes!!!

[quattro + 5 or 8 = fun]

Or, do what steve is doing, but get a belt from say a 5.8 liter ford, or
something with a really long belt.  then, wrap it every which way around the
other pulleys.  by using other pulleys, it acts as leverage to hold the
pulley you want to unloosen still.  it has worked for me in dozens of
situations.  


Shayne


Bay Area, CA
Eastern WA State


PARTING:  1972 Mercedes Benz 280 SE 4.5
PARTING:  1986 Audi 4000 CS quattro

> From: cobram at juno.com
> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 22:00:05 -0300
> To: Steven.Buchholz at kla-tencor.com
> Cc: v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [V8] help pleaes!!!
> 
> There are holes in the pulley to hold it while you loosen the nut
> *Clockwise*, it's reverse thread.  I don't know what the OEM tool costs,
> but I bought a tool off the SnapOn truck for $30 that works great.  I
> think the snapon guy said that the tool is used to take apart
> differentials in trucks, or something along those lines.  It's an
> articulating X with two different size pins on the ends.  The pins fit
> into the pulley so you can hold it and unscrew the fan nut.
> 
> 
> "Buchholz, Steven" <Steven.Buchholz at kla-tencor.com> writes:
> 
>> ... you want to pull the fan off the drive pulley?  I tried clamping
>> down on
>> an old serpentine belt with a pair of vise grips ... couldn't get
>> enough
>> grip to keep the pulley from spinning ... ended up with the
>> adjustable pin
>> spanner that the manual calls for.  I think the nut on the damper
>> assembly
>> is 1.25" ... using those tools the thing comes apart right away ...
>> remembering that it has a right handed thread of course ...
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