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I've been through a lot of forums looking for info on this but I'm freaking out a bit because it could be such a serious problem and I wanted to see what other folks thought.
I notice the pulley wobble this week, but couldn't say if it was a figment of my imagination or not. I even asked my wife and she says she can see a slight wobble. I'm not having any symptoms of a loose pulley mind you. No CEL, no knocking, no vibration (smoooooth at idle), belts aren't slipping or being thrown.
So today while I had time I pulled the radiator fans and my v belts. I did notice that neither bolt that locks my belt for the alternator, nor the AC condenser was actually torqued. The bolts that tighten the mechanisms were snug and my belts were tight but both the bolt through the alternator, and the one through the pulley below the AC were hardly finger tight.
Anyway I got to where I could get a wrench on the crankshaft bolt and put the car in 5th, blocked the wheels. I torqued it twice, just to make sure I wasn't fooling myself. I went all the way to 120 before I backed off and the bolt didn't budge. I then ran the car without the V belts to see if the pulley looked any different. It did, a little, maybe. It's hard to tell with the rust and all those little ridges spinning.
So here is the question. If my crankshaft pulley is torqued to spec, and it wasn't loose, am I ok? I know the pulley can separate into two peices but the rubber on mine looks good and I couldn't get the inner circle to move independent of the outer. What I'm concerned about is the whole thing walking off the shaft.
Aside from pulling the pulley and examining the keyway I know I can't tell for certain but I feel like if the pulley was not lined up and torqued down it would be very apparent and would wobble like crazy. Also I don't know if the thing has ever been off but the car did allegedly have a timing belt before I bought it.
I also wanted to make sure using the 5th gear, brakes on, technique is ok for torquing this thing down?
Any info is appreciated.
I notice the pulley wobble this week, but couldn't say if it was a figment of my imagination or not. I even asked my wife and she says she can see a slight wobble. I'm not having any symptoms of a loose pulley mind you. No CEL, no knocking, no vibration (smoooooth at idle), belts aren't slipping or being thrown.
So today while I had time I pulled the radiator fans and my v belts. I did notice that neither bolt that locks my belt for the alternator, nor the AC condenser was actually torqued. The bolts that tighten the mechanisms were snug and my belts were tight but both the bolt through the alternator, and the one through the pulley below the AC were hardly finger tight.
Anyway I got to where I could get a wrench on the crankshaft bolt and put the car in 5th, blocked the wheels. I torqued it twice, just to make sure I wasn't fooling myself. I went all the way to 120 before I backed off and the bolt didn't budge. I then ran the car without the V belts to see if the pulley looked any different. It did, a little, maybe. It's hard to tell with the rust and all those little ridges spinning.
So here is the question. If my crankshaft pulley is torqued to spec, and it wasn't loose, am I ok? I know the pulley can separate into two peices but the rubber on mine looks good and I couldn't get the inner circle to move independent of the outer. What I'm concerned about is the whole thing walking off the shaft.
Aside from pulling the pulley and examining the keyway I know I can't tell for certain but I feel like if the pulley was not lined up and torqued down it would be very apparent and would wobble like crazy. Also I don't know if the thing has ever been off but the car did allegedly have a timing belt before I bought it.
I also wanted to make sure using the 5th gear, brakes on, technique is ok for torquing this thing down?
Any info is appreciated.