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Bob O · 10-26-2009, 02:20 PM

I got my under pulley from Brad Roberts last week and started to put it on. Should be a 2 on a scale of 1 - 10..right? BR's package comes with the wrench needed to hold the new pulley while you tighten it to the correct torque. The problem is......there's no similar tool (or rather I don't HAVE a similar tool) to hold the OLD pulley while you loosen it. And the holes in the old pulley vs the new pulley are not even close to being the same spacing. So unless I totally wreck the old one with some vise grips or some such makeshift arrangement that's either going to ruin the pulley or worse, I can't get off the nut from the old pulley. Porsche supposedly sells such a tool (special tool #9593) but the dealer gave me the shoulder shrug when I asked about it, Pelican doesn't carry it, Suncoast doesn't carry it, I can't find it anywhere and don't have the equipment necessary to make it from scratch. Any ideas??? You guys who have already done this job, what did you use to hold the old pulley while you loosened the nut?

Thanks

Bob

10-26-2009, 02:20 PM	#35
Bob O Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Kansas City Posts: 319	I got my under pulley from Brad Roberts last week and started to put it on. Should be a 2 on a scale of 1 - 10..right? BR's package comes with the wrench needed to hold the new pulley while you tighten it to the correct torque. The problem is......there's no similar tool (or rather I don't HAVE a similar tool) to hold the OLD pulley while you loosen it. And the holes in the old pulley vs the new pulley are not even close to being the same spacing. So unless I totally wreck the old one with some vise grips or some such makeshift arrangement that's either going to ruin the pulley or worse, I can't get off the nut from the old pulley. Porsche supposedly sells such a tool (special tool #9593) but the dealer gave me the shoulder shrug when I asked about it, Pelican doesn't carry it, Suncoast doesn't carry it, I can't find it anywhere and don't have the equipment necessary to make it from scratch. Any ideas??? You guys who have already done this job, what did you use to hold the old pulley while you loosened the nut? Thanks Bob __________________ 79 911SC Targa.. gone but not forgotten 2001 Boxster Black/Savanah Beige RoW M030 suspension 7/15 mm spacers Deambered Desnorked SS door sills Debadged Clear tails Technobrace Technobra I'll never own another black car!