You need a puller like this. It might not come with the correct bolts to thread into the pulley. BTW nothing needs to thread into the crankshaft, the puller has a tapered nub that simply presses into where the crank bolt goes.

edit - this is the one I have, it did not come with the correct bolts to thread into the pulley.

 

Thank you so much for the reply! I'm going brain dead with this repair job!! Of course, I should have verified if the stupid bolt even threaded into the pulley. I was over complicating things, as usual!! Thanks for your help and the links!

 

If you are referring to the crank pulley, no puller is needed once the bolt has been removed. Just use your hands and wiggle it off. Don't pound on it. Sometimes a little penetrating fluid will help. Congrats are in order for doing the toughest part of the job, removing that tight bolt!

Perhaps you have all this figured out and are back on the road by now. Best wishes.

 

...no puller is needed once the bolt has been removed. Just use your hands and wiggle it off.

:spiderman-troupe:

 

Sometimes that pulley is frozen and almost welded to the crank. I've had to use a puller several times. In fact, I've had to thread the holes on the pulley. On the first one I repaired, I was told that the pulley will come off "Really Easy" w a jaw-type puller. Well, I ruined that pulley.

 

^Wrong!

 

Just stating my experience doing a few of these. But then again, mine have never been "welded" on.

 

Actually you're both right. Some come off easily, some don't.

Here's a DIY I did on a timing belt change showing what you sometimes have to do when the pulley won't come off easily. Every one I ever did before this DIY came off easily.

http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/1...5025-diy-2001-camry-xle-6cyl-timing-belt-water-pump-crank-cam-seals-part-i.html

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"welded"

hahahahahahaha!

Some of those hb's on the old 3rd gens were pretty tough to remove.

I would clean & sand the interior of the pulley & fine sand the end of the crank. Sometimes it was just a bear!. Just like the op.

 

18 year old car, corrosion happens. More often than not, the "wiggling" technique won't work. You can try "wiggling it with long pry bars, if you have it on a lift. If you're working on jack stands, there's not enough room to work with the pry bars. If this is the case, a puller like 71corolla linked to is what you need.

 

Last time I did my Camry's timing belt, the crank pulley slid right off really easily.

On my Avalon, I had to use a puller. It let loose with a POP and then slid off.

 

When I did one of my Camry's it wasn't budging without a puller, once cleaned up and a little antisieze, it slides on and off.

 

NOTE: I'm putting this here too, as some of us relate to pictures and/or video.

http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/3570942-post6.html

Or watch this 2 part video from RealFixesRealFast covering the entire process

 

I like to use a slide hammer/body dent puller with a length of chain on it and bolts through the chain into the harmonic balance to pop the stubborn ones off.

+3 to some sliding right off and some not.

 

I wiggled mine with my hands. I used a little PB Blaster and as I wiggled I could see it soaking in. A little more PB Blaster, wiggle. One more time and it came right off. Whew!