When doing mine the other day, the part that the pulley rides on came out. Let me tell you, it was a bitch to put back. there is a notch on the back of it that needs to be lined up, and has no wiggle room. Once it slides out a 1/2", then you got a problem. Be very careful to make sure this doesn't happen.

Well done!

Did you get that from TiTAN by any chance?

I sent him my money but later found that he got banned which would explain the lack of communication from a otherwise really quick to respond vendor.

have any contact info I could use?

anyone in socal that has done this mod that can helped me do mine???its been a month since i received my pulley i already try 3 times to take off the stock pulley but i cant.the stock pulley keeps rotating everytime id try get it loose.ive done everything right,car in 6th gear,ebrake,brakes but the stock pulley rotates so i cant get it loose helpppppp :(

I spent about two hours trying to loosen the stock pulley. My mistake was, I was not setting the e-brake hard ebough and the crank kept rotating. Also, use a long breaker bar, set that e-brake very firm and 6th gear and turn it. It will work.

im in cerritos, just installed mine last night.

though it wasnt easy, i was able to do it in under 30 min.

I usually gets home around 8, let me know if you want to bring your car by.

like i said im doin everything right.but my stock pulley rotates way too much idk why

How long is the breaker bar you are using?

I did mine the other day. The vast majority of what I did was the same as the OP's. The biggest difference though is that I didn't need to remove the filter box or sensor, only the intake tube.

My list of tools was sockets: 8mm, 10mm, 14mm, and 22mm. Also a ratchet, short extension, and a breaker bar. You may also need needle nose pliers to remove the PCV tube from the intake tube. Oh, and of course a small amount of oil.

Also, make sure the O ring doesn't slip off.

Great DIY! I wonder if you could use anti-sieze on the crank pulley bolt instead of motor oil. [Speaking here from the land of road salt and sand.]

I had this problem as well. There's a simple solution that should solve your problems.

-Put the car in neutral
-Put the beaker bar with socket on the pulley
-Move the breaker bar as far CLOCKWISE as it will go
-Put the car in sixth
-Pull the breaker bar COUNTER-CLOCKWISE and you should have enough room to break the bolt loose even with the play in sixth

Good luck.

we tried 24" breaker (the longest avaliable at autozone). no help. he and i were going at it for at least an hour.

we think the problem is something his friend did to the car during his first attempt.

we crank the bolt so hard that the car even rotate while the bolt just stay dead on.

as a last resort, we even spray some WD40 on the bolt head flange hoping it would loosen it up... no luck.

im now thinking perhaps kroil might help...

we tried something similar, like releasing the break and let the car roll for a bit in 6 to get a good grip... no luck... perhaps your methond is better and worth a try.