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I know this post is somewhat late but I just had to remove mine this morning and it was a struggle. The book said to use a strap wrench and a breaker bar. The leverage I had with the breaker bar was too much to allow me to counteract it with the strap wrench. Then I tried holding it with a strap wrench and having my son hold onto the cam sprocket bolt up top with a box end wrench. This was better but still not good enough.

I ended up making my own strap wrench by tying some rappelling rope to a tie rod, then over the top of the crankshaft pulley, and then a half dozen clockwise wraps around the pulley and back to the tie rod.

Then I put the boy back on top with the box end.

When I first started pulling, the rope stretched quite a bit but finally stopped the rotatation and finally the bolt broke loose.

As far as getting the pulley itself off the book says to pry it off with a couple of screwdrivers. I couldn't understand why they didn't suggest a wheel puller. I picked up a three jaw puller from autozone and discovered that you can't get a 3 jaw on.

Back to the auto-zone for a 5 ton 2 jaw with a six inch spread. It worked fine but even with the bolt completely extended, the puller ran out of reach. I then took the bolt out, removed the washer, replaced the bolt, and was able to get it close enough to where I could pry it off with screwdrivers.

I was particularly proud of my modified strap wrench. I know pros may laugh but I thought it was neat for someone who hasn't worked on my own car since my college days twenty years ago.