Hmmmm, What now?

[pepegurr]

Well Im in the process of going through my RB20 and I have hit a wall. The $%#@ lower timing gear will not move. I have done bent 3 pry bars, broke two seperate sets of gear pullers(2 ton- 2prong, and 3 ton- 3 prong) , demolished the oil pump (replacing it with an N1 anyway so it does not matter), and cussed more than I have in years. So what now? Does anyone sell a replacement gear?

[Yellow4g63]

Yes, erics racing sells them, u can find them on ebay. They are located in Socal.

[pepegurr]

Thanks man, I just ordered one, now to figure out how to get this one off. Guess it time to break out the drill and chisel .

[Yellow4g63]

That's what people do. break that b****.

[julio]

Its called heat man. The key may be all f'd up in there.

[pepegurr]

I tried that too, No help at all. I even sprayed it with Kroil and PB Blaster about 6 times and let it sit over night, nothing. Its all good thoguh, my drill cut through it like butter. . Another 50 bucks for a gear is a drop in the bucket compared to what I just spent on parts for this thing, so no biggie.

[ItzGenX]

I got mine off with a hand held propane torch, wd-40, and two small pry bars. All I did was heat it up real good, spray wd-40 on it (sucks it in as it cools), then while still HOT place a pry bar at 9 and 3 o clock and give them a nice even nudge. Luckily I was wearing shoes because it landed on my toe. I usually use this same method for all kinds of things that require special pullers etc.

[Carl H]

most of the time these gears get rusted on from an water pump change...to prevent this from happening again clean the crank snout super well with a red scotchbrite pad and some light oil and apply antiseize liberally to the snout and gear.

[pepegurr]

I eventually got it all the way off with the help of my drill and a chisel. Had to split it in half to get it off, Never have I seen anything that bad to get off. I plan to use some copper based anti-seize on the snout and gear this time to avoid this next time. I can tell you one thing though, my Snap-On guy is pissed at me due to all of the stuff I broke being Snap-on and having a lifetime warranty on it. So at least I get some new tools out of this .

[RustspecS13]

I was going to suggest drilling or cutting, some times they just get really seized on there.

Nice to see your still around though! I lost your number other wise I'd give you a call. I was wondering if you still had your RB20.

I can't believe you bent or broke snap on pry bars though. My MAC ones have taken tonns of abuse.

~Alex

[pepegurr]

Yea, my tool guy is pissed, lol. Now I just gotta find another gear to go on it. I ordered on from ericsperformanceparts on Ebay, but he called me today and told me they were back-ordered like 8+ weeks so now I have to try to find one. You know of anybody that might have one? I don't really care if its used as long as it's in good shape. Yea, My 20 aint going anywhere, she has been faithful, getting a full overhaul and a few upgrades this time around. I am going to try something a little different just for fun though, got a nice Eaton SC im gonna play with just to see.