Re: [Peugeot-L] 1978 504D Water pump pulley

From: Brian Holm <peugeots_at_vtlink.net>
Date: 03/29/06

Gil,

If the nut is that tight you may have to use an impact wrench to dislodge it, or heat the nut with a torch and take it off while hot. It is not a left-hand thread.

Brian Holm, Parts for Peugeots

At 08:43 PM 3/26/2006, ouigpt wrote:

>Fellow Peugeot lovers,
>
> My water pump went defunct today.
>I'm having a terrible time attempting
>to loosen pulley nut. To date I have
>spayed WD40 on nut, stopped pulley from
>turning with a Craftman's strap wrench,
>and I have double wrenched the nut with
>22mm & 24mm combination wrenches. I'm
>guessing that I applied at least a hundred
>foot pounds of force, but to no avail.
>Anybody had a similar headache?...
>juditial heat?... left hand thread?...
>other?
>
> Thanks,
> Gil

Brian Holm, Parts for Peugeots
at Peugeot Holm, since 1969
2120 Maple Hill
Plainfield, VT, 05667
802-454-7132, fax -1310


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