trying to get this thing off...12" cresent, 2 bolts in the pulley with blocking stick, vise grips on the pulley against the water pump housing, and a 2 foot cheater bar...still wont budge.

I've covered it in PB blast.....what gives?

I'm turning it clockwise towards driver side, just had the cheater bar give from the strain I'm putting on it,....pulling with a 20 foot rope attached to it for obvious reasons...

 

Figured it out. NUT GOES CCW!

popped right off

 

Lefty loosey???

 

Lol... I was gonna say, that thing must be on there REALLY tight! When I took mine off, I just made a fist and put my weight on the belt to hold the pulley still.

 

Used a pipe wrench and vise grips.

 

The reason I thought it was reverse thread is because of the engine direction...did more googling and got the correct answer.