Power steering pump / alternator pulley removal?

  • Parker
    Parker
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    • 966
    #1

    Power steering pump / alternator pulley removal?

    Okay I feel totally retarded here but I can't figure out how to remove the power steering and alternator pulleys. All the Googling I do only comes up with results for removing the press-on kind of pulleys, and mine don't look like they're gonna be pressing anywhere until I can get the spindle nut off, which I can't do because I can't immobilize the pulley sufficiently to break the nut loose. Am I missing something really obvious or what?

    Thanks in advance.
    Zoey - 1987 Z31T GLL - HKS EVC / CM SS 3" turbo-back / Stance GR+
    Black Betty - 2014 Audi C7 S6 APR1
  • Axel kain
    Axel kain
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    • 1221
    #2
    I know for a fact that the alt pulleys just unbolt and slide off. the PS pump I believe is splined and also, unbolts and slides off. I use an Impact and a rag to hold it when I do them.
    Damn dirty angels....these cars!

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  • 300zxturboftw
    300zxturboftw
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    • 3709
    #3
    Maybe throw it in a vice and use an impact gun?
    Usual Z31 suspect: Garage Queen (aka broken)
  • Parker
    Parker
    Senior Member
    • 966
    #4
    Yeah, I'm gonna have to do something like that. I'm just worried about damaging the pulley or the spindle. Thanks for the responses, guys.
    Zoey - 1987 Z31T GLL - HKS EVC / CM SS 3" turbo-back / Stance GR+
    Black Betty - 2014 Audi C7 S6 APR1
  • Gregmatic
    Gregmatic
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    • 2193
    #5
    its is splined and pops right off once the nut is removed, easy peasy
  • Parker
    Parker
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    • 966
    #6
    Wow, do I feel like an idiot for having taken this long to discover the joy of impact tools. I can't believe how much I agonized over that stupid spindle nut. $45 at Ukrainian Tire (Newfie Speed & Sport for the Easterners) for a wicked-awesome timing sale on an electric impact gun, a single tap of the trigger without even trying to immobilize the rest of the pump, and the f**king thing spins right off just like I didn't spend several hours throwing things around my garage in frustration.

    Easy peasy indeed. If only the operator wasn't such a retard. :P
    Zoey - 1987 Z31T GLL - HKS EVC / CM SS 3" turbo-back / Stance GR+
    Black Betty - 2014 Audi C7 S6 APR1
  • Z_Karma
    Z_Karma
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    • 3318
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