crank pulley question
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Le Mans Master
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crank pulley question
ok, the crank pulley has a ever so slight wobble to it. It barely moves off center. You really have to examine it to tell. Could i have problems?
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Le Mans Master
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I would just keep an eye on it for now, if you can get your fingers in there put a white stripe on the bolt head and the pulley so you can also watch for any loosening. The other thing to look at if you can see it is any deterioration of the rubber element. Kind of hard to get your head in there though, at least I can't get my fat head in there 
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So far 
I'm running 10psi Procharger with 4.10 rear and I don't baby it.
Good advice to mark the bolt, but if the damper is seperating, it won't matter. This is not the same as the bolt backing off. When that happens the entire balancer walks off the crank.
You should have plenty of warning that the outer pulley has slipped (Noisy belt, belt jumping off).
The only reason I replaced mine is because I had to pin the crank anyway.
I'm running 10psi Procharger with 4.10 rear and I don't baby it.
Good advice to mark the bolt, but if the damper is seperating, it won't matter. This is not the same as the bolt backing off. When that happens the entire balancer walks off the crank.
You should have plenty of warning that the outer pulley has slipped (Noisy belt, belt jumping off).
The only reason I replaced mine is because I had to pin the crank anyway.
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Le Mans Master
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I would just keep an eye on it for now, if you can get your fingers in there put a white stripe on the bolt head and the pulley so you can also watch for any loosening. The other thing to look at if you can see it is any deterioration of the rubber element. Kind of hard to get your head in there though, at least I can't get my fat head in there
My main concern was, I just had to tear it all aprt cuz it was leaking from somewhere around there, maybe front seal, not sure. So im wondering if the wobbleing tore up the front seal and made a leak
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From: At the beach in little Rhody
Possibly, but since the wobbling would be off the main hub of the damper I would think it would have to be wobbling really bad to affect the seal. When it starts getting bad, you will notice. But there have been cases with the stock bolt where a re-installed balancer will come off the shaft that's why I said to mark it and keep an eye on it.
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Possibly, but since the wobbling would be off the main hub of the damper I would think it would have to be wobbling really bad to affect the seal. When it starts getting bad, you will notice. But there have been cases with the stock bolt where a re-installed balancer will come off the shaft that's why I said to mark it and keep an eye on it.
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do a search. I remember the same post about a year ago.. A lot of guys were using and recommending an aftermarket pulley.. Can't remember what the name was... This is a common problem on our cars and apparently the factory pulley is just a piece of s***..
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mine wobbled and had it replaced with a fluidampner best thing I could have done it runs much smoother and I done have to worry about it coming apart on me .If your going to change it do it right stock ones will come apart sooner or later
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