Wobble Wobble
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Burning Brakes
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2022 C6 of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
Wobble Wobble
So I have the wobble and trying to hold off until next year to change it while doing a cam..... I bought the car in Feb 2021 with 65k on the clock and it now has about 69k on the clock. Not driven daily as you can tell. Can I keep driving it occasionally until I can get the work done??? No belt squeak at all as of now. Figure if I hear get belt squeak. then I will shut it down or move up the install.
Your thoughts on this please
Your thoughts on this please
Burning Brakes
Joined: Apr 2019
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From: Johns Creek, Georgia
If you want to drive more than a short ride replace it now or shut it down. You don't want to be to far away from home if and when it fails. Personally I would fix it as soon as time permits
and since you don't seem to drive it all that much, put it in the garage and take your time on the repair.
and since you don't seem to drive it all that much, put it in the garage and take your time on the repair.
Melting Slicks
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The main danger is that once the elastic bond between the hub and pulley is totally broken, the pulley can walk back toward the engine front cover and wear a groove into it. If you want to run it for a while, it might be a good idea to crawl under there and periodically inspect the area between the pulley and the front cover. When you see that clearance starts to get smaller, that would be the time to stop driving and start fixing.
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Melting Slicks
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Wobble
The main danger is that once the elastic bond between the hub and pulley is totally broken, the pulley can walk back toward the engine front cover and wear a groove into it. If you want to run it for a while, it might be a good idea to crawl under there and periodically inspect the area between the pulley and the front cover. When you see that clearance starts to get smaller, that would be the time to stop driving and start fixing.
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Going to play devils advocate to running it, when I bought a C6 last year, I was in the same predicament as you and posted the exact same question. My wobble was very slight like yours and there were no noises and it did not effect performance. Most said to just run it, and they probably would have been right for most Corvettes, but knowing my luck I decided to park it until two months later when I was able to get the harmonic balancer changed and I'm glad I went the cautious route and parked it, because the mechanic showed me the rubber between the inner and outer HB was half torn already and could have completely separated while driving:
and here's the new ATI balancer with ARP bolt:
and here's the new ATI balancer with ARP bolt:
Burning Brakes
Joined: Apr 2019
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From: Johns Creek, Georgia
Going to play devils advocate to running it, when I bought a C6 last year, I was in the same predicament as you and posted the exact same question. My wobble was very slight like yours and there were no noises and it did not effect performance. Most said to just run it, and they probably would have been right for most Corvettes, but knowing my luck I decided to park it until two months later when I was able to get the harmonic balancer changed and I'm glad I went the cautious route and parked it, because the mechanic showed me the rubber between the inner and outer HB was half torn already and could have completely separated while driving:
and here's the new ATI balancer with ARP bolt:
and here's the new ATI balancer with ARP bolt:
