Need advice on removing stubborn pulley from spindle

cprice12

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I had never used a pulley puller before...nice tool. The rental place couldn't find the price in their system for the puller, so they just charged me $5 for 24 hours. Sounded good to me.
Thanks guys.

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around here both auto zone and advance auto have pullers and other tool for free rental. They put a charge for the price of the tool on your cc and refund it when you return the tool. another trick for stuck parts is paraffin wax. All you need is some paraffin wax (candle wax) and a source of focused heat. A propane torch or a heat gun should be used to gently heat the fastener. In this case, you don't have to get it too hot, just warm enough to melt the wax. Once the metal is warm enough, touch the candle to the fastener around the edges and allow the wax to melt. The heat will pull the wax into the gaps between the bolt and nut threads and allow for easier turning. Remember that the wax will tend to flow to the heat source, so heat the bottom threads the most.

I saw a video of a guy doing that.
I had penetrating oil sitting on top of the pulley around the spindle when it was heated up...so I probably got the same result, the oil was pulled down when it was heated.
Thanks.
 

vaskeet

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The Autozone near me has a product called "Freeze Off" it is supposed to work the opposite of heat IE cool the metal to help break the rust loose. So far it has worked on the few thing I have tried it on
 
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