Crank timing gears removal

[Greggyboy]

So in my rebuild saga, I installed my crank timing gear for the cam and the dizzy by heating up some cooking oil outside in a pot, putting the crank/cam gear in, letting the oil start to smoke (indicating it's ~450F) and then pulling the gear out and sliding it on the crank. It was easy. I did the same with the dizzy/crank gear. I have installation down pat.

However after doing all this I found a pretty bad dent in the crank/cam gear. I don't know how I missed it. I removed the dizzy gear with a torch without too much issue, but the cam gear is not coming off the crank at all. Does anyone have a tip on using a torch or do I have to go to a shop with a press? My fear is the mess up my bearing journals being careless as this crank is all purty and blueprinted.

Edited to add: I searched and came up empty. Also aircooledtech.com suggests a torque for cam gear removal but that may be applicable for Type 1-3, I dont know.

[Piledriver]

Use the specially designed one for pulling crank gears if at all possible..
Trying to hack something up is likely to make things worse, but it is possible to use a good generic one if careful.

You need the kind of gear/bearing puller that has a thin lip that goes behind the gear.
You may be able to "borrow" one from a FLAPS.

Heating it up with a torch helps some.

[Greggyboy]

Use the specially designed one for pulling crank gears if at all possible..
Trying to hack something up is likely to make things worse, but it is possible to use a good generic one if careful.

You need the kind of gear/bearing puller that has a thin lip that goes behind the gear.
You may be able to "borrow" one from a FLAPS.

Heating it up with a torch helps some.

Do you have a suggested tool? I don't ever mind buying more tools.

[Clatter]

Rocky Jennings has (had?) them..
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/ ... id=1356298

Might try the man himself?
http://www.rockyjennings.com/

[Max Welton]

Here's what I use:



Max