My pitiful attempt to describe the tool that I fashioned to hold the crank pulley generated sufficient interest that I was shamed into providing photos. http://gisli.homepage.com/tool.html Hope this helps someone. Gisli -- Gisli Ottarsson, PhD Mechanical Dynamics Inc. gisli@adams.com 2301 Commonwealth Blvd. Tel: 1-734-913-2550 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105 Fax: 1-734-994-6418