hamburglar490

So I've looked around and I can't seem to find any DIY's for the 2nd Gen TL on how to install the Unorthodox Racing crack pulley. Can anybody help me out?

Gabru678

iTrader: (1)

They should have something that came with it in the box.
I know mine came with a little brochure.

But basically you have to loosen the wheels on the ground

take them off

Take off the plastic cover

Loosen the bolt that covers the old pulley's bolt
(You may need a breaker bar or an airtool)
and remember when your loosening it you dont want the actual crank to spin so you might have to have someone stand on the brakes. Or something of the sort.

Then you can also remove a tensioner if you like to help get the powersteering and crank belt off.
(It is in your best interest to replace these belts at this time, you might not have chance to later)

Then you need to take the little 'metal brick' and slide that onto the crank so your pulley should slide onto that afterward

Then put on your belts, tighten, lower, wheels, and more tightening and you should be good to go.

I am sure someone will post this to a DIY soon as many of us purchased the part and some others will likely ask the same questions.

01tl4tl

did you look in the diy list? 3rd item down main gen2 threads- new official diy,,,

unless you have a buddy and abilty to generate 181 foot pounds of torque to tighten the bolt,,let an import shop do it for you

60-75 bucks is fair pricing

to remove diy, many jam a breaker bar in the starter ring gear on flyweel and bump the ignition a few times- using the starters torque to bust it loose

hamburglar490

Hmm I looked in the DIY thread and couldn't find anything. But I guess once the part gets here I'll just give it a shot. Thanks for all the tips so far

Kulunu06

its pretty easy just a pain to loosen the bolt, loosen the tensioner raise the car up take off the cover use a impact to to loosen the bolt it might not budge but it still would have loosen the bolt some wat then use a breaker bar with an extension to remove it completely and its should come off pretty easy. and redo the steps.

01tl4tl

torque on tightening is critical=this is 1 bolt you dont want coming off

try search for pulley install

TLer trash

I believe you meant to say.....jam a pry bar in the starter ring gear, OR bump the ignition switch with a breaker bar on the crank bolt.

3.2TLc

Yeah, that is one "DIY" trick that ya wanna be careful with !

MilwaukeeDave

iTrader: (3)

Yes be careful. I used the starter method to remove mine. Take off the belts then put a 19mm deep socket on a breaker bar and put it on the bolt facing forwards. Towards the bumper!!! Wedge wood in there tight so it doesn't have any travel at all. Now go bump the starter just a quick half second turn of the key. Took 3 "bumps" to get mine loose. Then to reinstall I used a big impact wrench to make sure it was tight.

hamburglar490

Ahhh now you guys are making this sound so much more complicated lol

MilwaukeeDave

iTrader: (3)

It's really easy man. Belts off = 14mm wrench on tensioner, loosen PS tensioner and both belts off. Now take a 19mm socket on a breaker bar. Put it in the bolt in the middle of the pulley. Make sure it's pointed towards the front of the car. Put wood under the breaker bar to brace it. Crank engine. Pulley bolt will come loose. Wiggle pulley off. Don't lose small rectangular key. Install new pulley. You may find it won't line up. Start the bolt going by hand, it will align pulley. Tighten to torque spec. Install belts. Done. Hour tops going slow.

hamburglar490

Annnnd now it seems easy again. Thanks for explaining this to me in good detail!

3.2TLc

It's all in the attention to the basic task at hand, but the experienced details help tremendously
if you're attempting something like this the first time. Dave's the man !