4AGZE crank timing gear is stuck on there like its welded

[Vertigo]

tips for getting it off? do i need to resort to buying another pulley puller? (mine is the wrong kind for this job)

[evil_si]

I've come across that on a couple, nothing a bit of heating with the gas didn't sort

[Flannelman]

Is it the rib belt drive pully or cam timing pully?

rib belt pully should have drilled and tapped holes. Need to use bolts and remover to suit... not the claw pully as it will just break pieces off the pully or worse break the rubber band and you will have a two piece pully paper weight

[Vertigo]

its the timing belt gear. finally got it off using a couple of claw hammers, one to wedge and one to repeated hit the handle of other hammer... took ages. next time, if i have access to something thatll heat it, ill try that method. there was a bit of rust, which explains the lack of cooperation from it..

[allencr]

there was a bit of rust, which explains the lack of cooperation from it..

Put some oil on it during assembly like the factory does, not dry with sweaty hands like the last person that played with it.