1mz-fe cam pulley bolt removal

[Serial]

hi all,

I've been trying to remove the front cam pulley bolt on my camry but without access to a (good) rattle gun its staying put

tried using a spanner (15/16" attached to a pipe) on the cam and a breaker bar (attached to a pipe) on the bolt but the spanner always "climbs up" the cam and now the thing on the cam is slightly burred.

i've heard that using the SST / spanner wrench can damage the pulley..
are there any other tools to lock the cams, or should i just give up and take it to someone to loosen the bolt?

cheers

[2jzhilux]

http://www.sptool.com/index.php?page...mart&Itemid=11

use one of these.

[Serial]

http://www.sptool.com/index.php?page...mart&Itemid=11

use one of these.

any chance of damaging the pulley with one of these?

i'll have to try and grab one tomorrow, thanks

[2jzhilux]

It grips on the inside of the pulley so it wont damage it, have used them on 1mz's heaps of times (like 100+) but it will be real tight, dont be scared to break the pulley ..it wont.