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RB26 Timing crank gear, woodruff key, crank pulley install instructions Hi all, Doing a timing belt service for my 90 GTR. I changed the front main seal as well as the cam seals. I removed the crank pulley and the timing crank gear. Very difficult, I ended up having to use a puller on the crank gear and I will be replacing it because it seems like it has warped and that was causing my removal difficulties. I have questions about the installation. #1. I have a replacement crank timing gear on order. My existing one will not move at all without a tool on the crank shaft, is that normal? #2. What order or instructions for installing the crank timing gear and getting it aligned with the woodruff key? My gear doesn't just easily move along the crankshaft, and I certainly can't rotate it about the crankshaft. So it seems like I have to push it using a socket as a tool, but it has to be perfectly aligned and non-trivial. Is there a trick to this? I will have the same question for the crank pulley. (ie. do you leave the key in the crankshaft and just push the pulley onto the crankshaft via trial and error?).