Crankshaft Timing Pulley Removal help

The key is just a little piece of metal that fits in a groove on the gear and pulley to hold them in a specific orientation. If yours is worn to where either of those can turn on the shaft, replace it. I bought one just in case and didn't end up using it - the OEM one was less than a dollar.

http://www.toyotapartsdeal.com/oem/toyota~key~crankshaft~for~crankshaft~pulley~set~90280-05005.html

My gear was stuck on the shaft due to some corrosion/rust on the crankshaft. I oiled it and sanded it lightly with super high grit paper to get the rust off. Then the gear just slid right back on by hand with no problems.

 

Got it off! The thread size is M6-1mm so got some bolts from Home Depot. A little sketchy but it wasn't too tight and didn't take a whole lot of force.

Now I need help getting the oil pump out. The AC compressor bracket is over the top corner of the oil pump (they share a long bolt) and I can't get the oil pump out with that bracket in the way. The shop manual doesn't mention the compressor and I'm thinking I can rotate the oil pump to slide that corner out from under the bracket but not sure.

@Dirty Pool I'm assuming you replaced your oil pump, can you comment? Thanks.

 

There are two "hollow" dowels down low on each side of the block. These serve to precisely align the pump housing to the block. Very similar to two of the four LBJ bolts.
The pump casting will not rotate around the crank until it is moved forward off the dowels. You should see the counter bore for these guys in your new pump casting.

 

Once you "break" the pulley loose, it will slide right off. It doesn't take much.

And it will slide right back on again with no problem. I would reinstall the pulley after you replace the pan. The timing will not get messed up due to pulley removal as it can only go on one way. Good luck!

 

Yeah, I think I at least have to loosen up the compressor to get the oil pump off. Thanks for the inputs guys, much appreciated!

 

Sorry for the delay. I check this forum every morning, and today is the first time I received an alert regarding your post. Something' not right but I don't know what. I have that problem with other forums as well. I get a notification and when I click the link, I find the message is almost a week old.

Anyway, to answer your questions -

Clean the crankshaft pulley mount surface of the crank and the pulley until it's smooth. Then the pulley will slide right back on. The key stays in the crank, no need to do anything there.

I would replace the oil pan and lower the engine, then do the pulleys. Line up the two camshafts until their marks are aligned with the marks on the engine, then rotate the crank until its mark is also aligned with the engine casting marks. The install the belt.

 

Thanks for the reply. Going to do that but having issues getting the oil pump off. In the pic, if you look at the top left hand corner, there is a stud sticking out, and right under that, a bolt that goes through a bracket and the top left corner of the oil pump. I can't slide the oil pump off without moving that bracket but it looks like that bracket is the same bracket holding the compressor on. The service manual doesn't say to remove or even loosen the A/C compressor so I was wondering if there was a trick to getting this thing off.

 

Hmmm. I thought the oil pump was on the driver's side of the engine, but whadda I know... I didn't fool with the oil pump so I'm afraid I can't help you there.

 

So I had to take the bracket off. To take the bracket off, I had to take the AC compressor off. Shit, I hope I can remember were all the bolts go when I put this all together!

 

Where possible, thread the bolts back into place once you've removed the part. The ones you can't, put them in ziplock baggies and write in sharpie on the baggie what those bolts go to.

But the compressor bolts are skinny, and the compressor bracket bolts are thicker. And most of them can be figured out by eyeball after the fact.