Un-Notched Fan Belt Pulley Removal?

[DrIng]

There's no notch (that I can see or fee) on my '67 912 Pulley halves. Has anyone had this situation and resolved it? How do you lock the pulley for removal of the 22mm nut? I need to replace the generator.

[WFBowen]

I've had them with slots that were rounded/worn to the point of being useless, but never completely sheared off. The easiest way (since you're replacing the gen. & the pulley halves) is to use an impact wrench on it, which should undo the nut. You can also hold the pulley with vice grips or attempt to file/cut in a new, temporary slot into the inner pulley. Also, you can try to get a socket on the rear nut (fan side), but at that point it's probably easier to just cut the belt and remove the entire unit and undo everything on the bench.

[DrIng]

Thanks for the encouragement, the vise grips did the trick. I could (if I was really cheap; and am), almost salvage the old pulley. The real trick was a big breaker bar.