lil_g
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Picture borrowed from Adam B, hope you don't mind!
I'm having problems removing the pulley, I know you only have to undo the 6 bolts around the edge but the rubber type mould around the bolts is actually touching all the edges of the bolts so I can't get a socket around it, It is just a removable rubber? I tried levering it out but didn't want to try too hard incase it's part of the pulley I need 
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alan-g-w
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Registered: 9th Nov 07
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What do you mean by the rubber type mould around the bolts?
Just that if it's the same as that one it looks like a socket would fit
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lil_g
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1 sec I'll just take a photo 
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Olsrey
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I thought you were only doing the headgasket?
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lil_g
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here's what I mean, there just isn't enough space around the bolt to get a socket on, and a spanner just doesn't grip it enough in the tight space 
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pow
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Holy shit, thats close.
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SportBoy
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grind the socket abit thinner .. some1 got them on there so there must be a way
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Rich01
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can you hammer a socket on?
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lil_g
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quote:
Originally posted by Rich01
can you hammer a socket on?
Tried and failed
Sportyboy never thought of that
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Adam_B
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how strange, they are usually hex key heads or bastard splines.
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lil_g
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I'd love hex keys
Mine's a very early engine though, may be why?
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alan-g-w
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Yup, usually allen head screws or torx.
What is the bit of rubber actually doing that's sitting against the bolts?
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lil_g
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Its metal at the edge next to the bolts, then rubber, then the outer metal.
Tried to budge it all but to no avail!
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alan-g-w
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Struggling to see how they were put on in the 1st place 
I'd say SportyBoy's idea would get the best results. Then replace the bastards with allen screws 
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lil_g
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the plan is just to get the middle one out with a torque gun, then get the little ones out while its apart and change them for some hex items
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alan-g-w
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Sounds like a plan
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lil_g
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quote:
Originally posted by Olsrey
I thought you were only doing the headgasket?
Doing the cambelt, rollers too
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