For the love of god i cant get the key out. Any of you guys have any suggestions? Ive tried yanking on it with some pliers but its messing the key up. Please Help!

 

Ice it and knock it back out using a chisel or drift punch and a hammer.

 

what do you mean ice it. I cant get to the back of it so i cant hammer it out..

 

It'll slide up and out when you hammer it back. Ice the woodruff key to maybe help it to shrink a little and give you a little more clearance against the crank snout.

 

So is the crank pulley already off? If so then try to perhaps pry it up with a small tipped screw driver? If the pulley is not off for some reason take it off then work on it from there.

 

heat it up with a blow torch! then tap it with a hammer. Try PB blaster as well, but dont use the PB with the torch(unless you really hate your engine ).

 

try a gear puller if you can fit one in that area.

 

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yeah the pulley is off. i just cant get the crank gear off because of the key.

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I think im going to go buy a little torch today and see if that solves it.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by runeminaEF9 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">try a gear puller if you can fit one in that area. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Cant fit one in tthere.

 

Got it out...Thanks guys for all the help

 

How did you get it off? I'm having the same problem for my h22 atm.

 

He's dead.




Well maybe not,but that thread was over 10 years ago........

 

Have you ever ran into this problem before? Would you blow torch the key and try to yank it off?

 

Yeah,if you can control the torch. A little heat, and a little banging should pop it out of the grove.

 

Just got it off! Thanks for the help!!!

 

Prelude, how did you get the woodruff key off? Heat and percussion?