Spinman

I needed to remove the pulley on my alternator.

Holding the pulley with a gloved hand, easily loosened the shaft nut using an air impact wrench.

Have just reassembled everything, and installed the pulley shaft nut using the same air impact wrench. Everything looks good to my eye...

Question: Is the impact wrench torquing the nut to enough tension to keep it on the shaft? I don't want it loosing and have the pulley walk off the shaft while I'm driving.

I don't know what else I could have done. Didn't run across any speciality tools to do the job. Just thought I'd double check b4 I got into trouble...

AGENT 86

You should be fine. Never had one come off after re-installing with an impact gun.

Ed Ramberger

Changed them like that for years in the shop - never lost one.

BADDUCK

redrose

loctite unless you want to hear strange noises...blue at minimum, red if you won't be "the next guy"...use solvent cleaner before assy and allow 24 hr to dry.

i put the fan on a piece of wood on the floor and the heel of my left boot on top of the fan...prevents rotation and deadens shock to the alt.

yeah, i did lose one before adding loctite to the game.

Aardwolf

I used blue loctite, also since it was rusty I painted around the nut. It looks better and I thought in the future I could see any movement if the paint fillet gets cracked.