Hold the driven pulley in place?

I have an OEM pulley holder and used it on the drive pulley to change the belt recently. Smooth as silk.

I wanted to remove the DRIVEN pulley to see what was behind it, clean, etc. but couldn't figure out where to lock the holder tool. The service manual has a vague drawing that shows the holder tool BEHIND the driven pulley.

Any experience with this? I'm not terribly interested in buying another holder tool just for the driven pulley. I'd like to work with what I have.

That holding-tool business is a lot of hokum when it comes to the Driven Pulley. Just yank up the parking brake and/or apply the rear brake as you're loosening the (22mm) nut. The DP nut is only torqued to 40-some lbs. Easy peasy.

While you have the DP assembly out please take the opportunity to grease the needle bearing. Thats the weak link in the DP. Don't put so much grease so that it flings out onto the clutch shoes though.

"Just yank up the parking brake and/or apply the rear brake. The Driven Pulley nut is only torqued to 40-some lbs. Easy peasy."

Thanks, Tim. Your answers are both informative and prompt, and that's appreciated.

I'll give the brakes a try if I can't figure out the holder tool. If anyone is looking for the exact torque spec, it is exactly 40 ft. lbs.

I think you told me this before, but I want to verify before I try: When you remove the 24mm nut, the entire driven pulley assembly just slides right out, correct?

Yes slides right out. Clean up the shoes and drum look for any heat damage to drum also. Good idea to sand drum with some fine sand paper I used some 320 grit helped with squealing noise on starts.. Apply parking brake as hard as possible and hold rear brake to break loose nut.

Good tips, thanks. I appreciate it.

Mech 1 twa wrote:

Yes slides right out.  Clean up the shoes and drum look for any heat damage to drum also.  Good idea to sand drum with some fine sand paper I used some 320 grit helped with squealing noise on starts..   Apply parking brake  as hard as possible and hold rear brake to break loose nut.

You must have very long arms.....

No just verrrrry long 1/2 breaker bar.

I kind of figured, if you used a cable tie to pull the rear brake on as hard as you can, that would work?

I used a microfiber towel last night to tie the brake handle, and torque the driven pulley ! It worked.
The torque is only 40 ft/lbs.

Jay.

Some great tips there