Spray some liquid wrench

 

Reverse threads, right is loose, left is tight?

 

you know that one of those thing i never think to remind people, that its left hand thread

 

I haven't been having much luck with a bigger hammer, but I soaked it in penetrating oil and will try again tomorrow.

How would doing it with vise grips work? Would you put them on one of the pulley bolts? I managed to slip on a 10mm wrench and extended the leverage, but I didn't go too hard on it because I was concerned about over-torquing the bolt.

Wedging a screwdriver in the idle pulley didn't do much. The pulley slips on the belt fairly easily anyway. Prying up against the back of the pulley with a crowbar also didn't seem to prevent it from moving.

 

I've got it off finally. Thanks to all for the help.

After waiting for a while for the penetrating oil to set in, I couldn't resist giving it one more go today. An authoritative crack with a heavy metal hammer on the end of the fan wrench did the trick. I wasn't securing the pulley with anything when it came loose.

Now I have to sort out how to pull the bracket stud that holds the heater hoses on the passenger's side of the intake manifold. I have a stud puller set, but this one is super-small. Hmmm....I think I'll run two nuts on there and try to pull it that way.

 

Did you hit it left, or right?

 

Hit it left (normal loosening direction). I think the penetrating oil helped. I'd also say make sure you're holding it so there's no play between the wrench and the bolt, and don't be too gentle with it.

 

I only asked because..

 

Rovers north has a nice vid of replacing the power steering pump that shows a lot of this. Good reference.

 

Watching both of these videos prepares me to tackle the removal/replacement of the viscous fan and pulleys. Remember... 36" wrench...