Removing hub/toothed belt sprocket from crank

[xLibelle]

How do you do this? The shop manual suggests a special tool, must i actually have to order this from bmw?

[rs4pro3]

just removed the 13mm headed bolts holding it on, and then pull it off, a rubber mallet comes in handy to tap on it a tad.

[xLibelle]

just removed the 13mm headed bolts holding it on, and then pull it off, a rubber mallet comes in handy to tap on it a tad.

to clarify, the item that needs to come off is the hub where the 13mm bolts screw into. attached to that hub is the crank's sprocket where the timing belt runs around. its diameter is too large to remove that last dust cover...

[xLibelle]

hmm, i skipped a step, the one at the top of this picture... maybe that would make it easier. uhg.

[xLibelle]

OHHH, thats what #3 is in the second picture. i thought that was part of the tool... man these pictures suck!

[xLibelle]

so here is what i was able to put together, as that bolt was in there so damn tight... looks kinda like... loctite, wtf

[rs4pro3]

ahh, Ya that bolt is on super tight, heating it with a torch and then hitting it with an impact wrench ussualy does the trick.

[Brew]

Air tools are your friend.

[xLibelle]

Air tools are your friend.

yeah, i'm new to owning my own tools on the large scale... that one probably wont happen until i need the compressor for the paint job.