anyone else know how to get off the alternator pulley?

 

Impact wrench.

 

You don't even have to hold the pulley in place? Just back it out with an impact wrench?

 

In my experience, yes. The impact wrench applies a very forceful and imediate torque to the bolt. The pulley would not be able to just spin that fast and easily from the impact wrench. Just make sure you get one with enough torque to break it loose.

 

Do people just not read, not care, or what?

 

No, I read, I care, but no matter how far I pulled up that handbrake, the pulleys still did their thing. I've got all the bolts loose(had to use my imagination), and I've taken off the first two pulleys from the crank pulley, but this one still remains and I apparently have to take it off.



THAT'S the one that's gotta go.

 

I just clamped the pulley and used an 18" breaker bar. It came off easier than I thought, because it had tons of PB blaster on it.

 

I think I have to remove the main pulley, because the supercharger uses a serpentine belt system that runs off of the crank pulley.



This really worries me and it shocks me that they wouldn't write something like that out in the instructions, or at the very least make a special note about it.

 

Those pulleys will come right off, just hit them with something. Though, if you can't figure stuff this simple out, I really don't think it's a good idea for you to continue with the rest of the install.

 

http://www.mazdatrix.com/faq/pulley.htm Make sure you read this!
Thing is, I was lucky to not have that happen. I didn't know about it until AaronCake mentioned it somewhere.

 

My dad told me he was having trouble getting it off, but I just walked up to the car and pulled the pulley right off. Sorry for all that trouble, but it really was just a simple little thing. Jeez.

Yeah, I'm just putting along through the install now, no biggie. And no I didn't remove the big 19mm bolt, so don't worry about that.

 

Exactly, a lot of people keep rambling on about the bearing when you don't have to remove it, and now you know you don't. Other than that, the pulleys are kind of pressed onto the hub, so sometimes they're a bitch to get off and require a little force. Good luck now that you're past that part.

 

I thought he was pulling the pulleys and hub as a unit. My bad.

 

My pulleys where a bitch to get off also. Nothing, i mean nothing seemed to be ever touched on this car, so the pulleys where so gunked up and and solid to each other it took me a can of pb blaster and a torch to heat them up enough to pry them off. I seriously thought they where welded on there, they where freakin solid.

Especially if you are from an area that rust is a large problem with cars like the northeast, simple things become huge projects when every bolt is eather rusted solid or has fused together like all the steel bolts attached to aluminum brackets and parts.

What does the small pin right above the main pulley do?

 

It's for setting your timing.

 

ok, i was wondering what that was there for, thanks for the info