# Advice on how to remove alternator pulley

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/advice-on-how-to-remove-alternator-pulley/243703>\
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [April 23, 2009, 6:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/advice-on-how-to-remove-alternator-pulley/243703 "2009-04-23T06:49:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![NedZ32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nedz32/32/6393_2.png) [@NedZ32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NedZ32)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2009, 6:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/advice-on-how-to-remove-alternator-pulley/243703/1 "2009-04-23T06:49:00Z")

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I can’t get a good enough grip on the pulley to loosen the nut, whats a good way to remove the alternator pulley?

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**Author:** ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2009, 6:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/advice-on-how-to-remove-alternator-pulley/243703/2 "2009-04-23T06:54:15Z")

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> [@On another topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/17349/17):
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> I can’t get a good enough grip on the pulley to loosen the nut, whats a good way to remove the alternator pulley?

Impact gun

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**Author:** ![MX-5](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mx-5/32/6336_2.png) [@MX-5](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MX-5)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2009, 6:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/advice-on-how-to-remove-alternator-pulley/243703/3 "2009-04-23T06:55:00Z")

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strap wrench if you care bout the alternator. if you don’t care about the alternator just shove a screwdriver between the fins down into the housing

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**Author:** ![GermanPSI](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/germanpsi/32/6353_2.png) [@GermanPSI](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GermanPSI)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2009, 7:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/advice-on-how-to-remove-alternator-pulley/243703/4 "2009-04-23T07:05:33Z")

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> [@Hypothetically speaking](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hypothetically-speaking/17345/211):
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> Impact gun

yeh what he said

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**Author:** ![YFZ460](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yfz460/32/6343_2.png) [@YFZ460](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/YFZ460)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2009, 7:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/advice-on-how-to-remove-alternator-pulley/243703/5 "2009-04-23T07:14:38Z")

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Do what MX-5 said if you’re removing it in the car, get a strap wrench on the pulley.

I would recommend pulling the alternator out (will it slip out from the bottom?) if you haven’t already and hit it with the impact like Shady and German suggest.

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**Author:** ![NedZ32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nedz32/32/6393_2.png) [@NedZ32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NedZ32)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2009, 7:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/advice-on-how-to-remove-alternator-pulley/243703/6 "2009-04-23T07:58:39Z")

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I ended up making a make shift holder with the old belt and a pair of vice grips. I don’t think my compressor was powerful enough lol