Tried to pull a timing gear with a dent puller and it went flying across the garage

I was in my buddy's garage in Tucson last Saturday, trying to swap out a timing gear on a '72 Chevy C10. I didn't have the right puller, so I figured I'd rig it with a dent puller and a pry bar. That gear came off like a rocket and nailed the drywall two feet from my neighbor's face. We ended up drilling two holes in the gear and using a $12 harmonic balancer puller from Autozone - worked like a charm. Has anyone else learned a lesson the hard way about using the wrong tool for a timing job?

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rowan59310d ago

Buddy of mine swore by using a slide hammer for this exact job, still owes me a beer for that advice.

samward10d agoMost Upvoted

Three beers at least by now with that kind of advice.