Need extra spacers when using a balancer puller, i used a 1/4" extension

 

??? okay i havent ever took apart this part of the car so as for now i cant imagine what is going on but anyways can you get some pictures of it? and have you tried a dent puller?

 

I havent taken apart the part of the car so its kinda hard to imagine what is going on but. what size is the socket? and have you tried a dent puller???
sorry about dubble post

 

The socket is inside the hole just over a half inch or so....so I think welding another bolt to it is not possible...a good idea though.I have tried a dent puller on it myself.I got the slide dent puller inside the socket and grabbing on the backside lip of the socket.The socket would not budge with that method though.Ok I just took a picture of it...my dig camera is pretty crappy so its not the greatest quality.

I do remember a while back I had a different friend replace a timing belt for me.I was working out of town at the time, and originally he had it set up to just bring car into a shop.Then at the last minute the shop decided they did'nt want to mess with it, so he asked if he could fix it.I told him at that time that I wanted the stock pulley back on there...and he managed to cut a bolt down and got it to thread partly into the hole.He also managed to put the timing 2 teeth off, so when I got the car back it ran like puke.I ended up tearing it down again myself, and I found that the bolt he used to hold the stock pulley on, was not in very far, and I didnt feel it would hold well enough.So that's when the racing pulley went back on.I learned the lesson of the day.....Dont ever let your friends work on your car! Anyways If I could push the socket farther in...and get some good threads in there...I could prolly use a shorter bolt to hold it on.The stock pulley I know is a press fit, so I dont think the bolt itself is holding too much.Heres a pic that will hopefully help some

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did you try heating it up and then using the dent puller? just a thought

 

I have'nt tried heating it up much, because I was worried about damaging other things.I did manage to find the stock pulley, and the stock bolt to hold pulley on.The friend that replaced the timing belt for me had also used a tap on the hole, and managed to get the bolt to thread in a lil ways, prolly half inch or so.He got a shorter length bolt.When I got the car back from him, it had the stock pulley on it.I cant remember the reason why I decided to go with th racing pulley again after I fixed the timing belt he installed 2 teeth off.

I know the stock pully is kinda press fit on there.So my thinking is that the bolt is not really holding that much, and as long as it gets pretty tight..I should be allright.My goal is to drive it into town today to a friends house and get it all fixed tonight.Im gonna have him follow me, its an hour's drive with no alternator belt on.I'll have to conserve all the power I can.I heard that if you put the stock pulley inside an oven for a while and get it pretty hot, that it goes on much easier.? Im not sure if the bolt is gonna be able to pull the pulley into place with the threads that are there...but after talking with another friend last night, who was also there when the stock pulley was on last time. He felt pretty confident that it woulda worked fine.

So I guess now my only questions are....how much does the bolt actually hold.? Being a press fit pulley, I would'nt think too much. Also, would it help to heat the stock pulley up before trying to install it.?Thanks again for all the help.