I read through the instructions, and it seems that there are a number of special tools required to loosen the pulleys, and to reassemble them. A few questions for those who've done this...
- Are these tools really necessary? What about the pullers to get the crank and crank timing pulley off? I generally like to have the right tools on hand to complete a job, but there appears to be a bunch of them required to get this job done.
- Would it be OK to loosen the crank pulley bolt before starting the entire process?
- Is it really necessary to remove the camshaft timing pulleys? I couldn't see where any purpose was served by their removal.
- Is a press really required to push in the tensioner assembly push rod?
I have only 53K on my '03, but I'm wondering about doing this myself if I still have the truck when I get to 90K. Thanks a lot for any info!