I think there are two different pulley's in question.

There is the balancer with the multi v-belt grooves in it. Then there is the timing belt gear on the crank snout.

You can do the timing belt without pulling the timing belt gear. You do have to pull the balancer off to get the lower cover off.


That is one nice balancer wrench, makes mine look like something from the stone age. Now I'm having crank balancer wrench envy.