Whats involved in installing some pullies... for obvious reasons... should be straight foward. but never removed pullies before, they torqued on pretty damn tight i would assume.

 

north texas prelude owners group did an install on one and had one hell of a time getting the stock pullies off. check it out..

http://www.ntpog.org/reviews/underdrive/pulley.shtml

make sure and read the thing at the very bottom where they weigh the benefits vs the problems too. its pretty interesting.

 

ya.. ive read all the good/bad ppl say about them.. but im not worried about that at all.

and ya.. i knew the stock ones were gonna be a BITCH to get off.. although. they've only been on my car for about 8k miles.

might not be AS bad. not factory tight.

*edit* thats also the underdrive pulley.. i just got A/C and Powersteering pullies.

 

yeah, that's the debate i've had a number of times. see, even if it's a crank pulley and not a harmonic balancer, you still dick with the balance of your bottom end when add or r&r this part. now, if you're building an engine fresh and balance with one of those pullies, then you'll be fine. it's for reasons as described that i AM a geek!
crate, i'd recommend having one of those honda service tools or at least bring the car to a place that has one to break it loose for you. it IS a bitch! even if you have a 3/4" drive impact...i know from experience...
see ya!
the geek
p.s. ooops, just saw your edit. well, hope ya have a good set of strap wrenches to assist doing your accessory pullies!

 

ya. from talking... my tool selection is minimal. i might just take her in. dont wanna try using the tools i have and strip something.

 

Daluded on this board did his alternator and power steering pulleys no problem...he has a prelude w/ the same motor as you...if you have problems getting the crank pulley off, we can do it for you...some of the iridium v members recently removed a pulley that was torqued down so much that a 500ft/lb air hammer couldnt remove it

 

It should be alot easier to swap pullies on your car than it would mine. I have only changed a pully an an old 280Z. It wasn't that hard. Make sure you get the right belts. There are a few companies that make ones that are supposed to be stronger than OE belts.

 

ya.. im not doing crank. just ps and ac. the 2 up front right in fairly easy grabbing distance. shouldnt be too hard. we'll see. ill give it a wurl.

 

the power steering pulley will have to be removed and installed with special tools. i wouldn't really know where to find them other than the tool trucks, but i would assume that northern or hampton freight would have something that would work.

for the a/c pulley you'll have to remove the clutch first, and be careful not to damage the magnetic field that engages the clutch when the compressor is running. imo i would almost say that changing this pulley would be absolutely worthless performance-wise when weighted against the difficulty of installation but hey, do your thing. crank pulley would be more beneficial, and easier to install though.

if you have a real hard time with it, pm me and i'll work something out.

 

are those pulleys really work the hassel ???