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[0xDEADBEEF]

Yeah north of Austin, y'all actually get winter. We mainly get rain in greater Houston area. Though in '21 we did actually get some snow and ice; stuck in the trailer for 4 days, wearing most of the layers we had.....

Winter usually lasts about 2 weeks here, the end of January/beginning of February and doesn't get much below 32F if at all. The last few years though ...

 

[0xDEADBEEF]

Harmonic balancer is off, fought with the power steering pulley for an hour and gave up. Stupid puller wouldn't stay straight and I think I ruined it.

Credit where credit is due, the SBC balancer is 10 times easier to remove than a LS balancer. It looks ok, but my experience is that when your front seal goes bad it's usually because the balancer was wobbling, so I got a new AC Delco HB.

 

[Erik the Awful]

Harmonic balancer is off, fought with the power steering pulley for an hour and gave up. Stupid puller wouldn't stay straight and I think I ruined it.

The power steering pulleys can get seriously stuck. I wasn't able to get the pulley off the original power steering pump on WCJr. I ended up buying a new pump and pulley.

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[Orpedcrow]

If it’s helpful at all, I can confirm the p/s pulley from the LS trucks does fit and allows pump removal without pulley removal.

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[Erik the Awful]

Well, crap. Now after I've bought two pulleys in the last couple years you mention this.

 

[0xDEADBEEF]

The power steering pulleys can get seriously stuck. I wasn't able to get the pulley off the original power steering pump on WCJr. I ended up buying a new pump and pulley.

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This is the third pulley I've pulled in the last year, and the cheap tool I had is just done with it. I ordered this here fancy one from O'Reillys (which probably means I'll use it once LOL).

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[0xDEADBEEF]

If it’s helpful at all, I can confirm the p/s pulley from the LS trucks does fit and allows pump removal without pulley removal.

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Yeah, the pulley on my son's LS swap is the pulley from the old 4.3. If I ever buy a new one, that's the one!

 

[someotherguy]

This is the third pulley I've pulled in the last year, and the cheap tool I had is just done with it. I ordered this here fancy one from O'Reillys (which probably means I'll use it once LOL).

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I think that 39000 is the Lisle kit I bought a long time ago and broke one of the pieces the first time I used it. It is a good kit and I probably just got impatient with a really stuck pulley.

Good info on the LS pulley though. That's trick

Richard

 

[Supercharged111]

Yeah north of Austin, y'all actually get winter.

It may seem like winter to you. . .

This is the third pulley I've pulled in the last year, and the cheap tool I had is just done with it. I ordered this here fancy one from O'Reillys (which probably means I'll use it once LOL).

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Looks beefier than the rental tool I bought from O Reilly's. That one only did a few pulleys before the dealio spit out a bunch of ball bearings and it was new when I got it. I said pretty please and they swapped me out for another in the wrapper.

 

[HotWheelsBurban]

It may seem like winter to you. . .




Looks beefier than the rental tool I bought from O Reilly's. That one only did a few pulleys before the dealio spit out a bunch of ball bearings and it was new when I got it. I said pretty please and they swapped me out for another in the wrapper.

Yeah I know there's plenty of places north of Houston that get proper winters with snow and ice in great quantities. I will visit those places in the summer when I want to go somewhere that's not hotter than the hinges on Satan's gates.