kenzo42

I had a chance to see my Accord today. I noticed when it was running, there was some wobble to the crankshaft pulley. All other pulleys looked good.

Is this normal or would you consider redoing the timing belt? I always felt it might have been on a little too tight - I apparently am not smarter than the spring. =\

Thanks,
Ken

JDBeazy

Educatied opinion: It may be time to replace the pulley
or the lazy way and push it back into place, whick I dont recdomend.. ever.
Ive never heard of timing belts being too tight unless its the incorrect belt of whoever replaced it last was too rough.
Another possibility is that the it way be already too late for your block. I wish you luck.

tim73

Mines wobbled the last 12000 miles. I torqued it proper, I at some point will install another pulley I guess.

0Fluidampr-Tech

My name is Ivan and I work for Fluidampr.

I have to agree with JDBeazy; it sounds like a situation where the rubber is starting to fail which will only continue to get worse until the pulley finally separates from the rubber material and mounting hub.

Of course I am biased and suggest using a one piece Fluidampr design that does not go bad over time.

But no matter which unit you choose, I agree, replace the pulley.

kenzo42

I know with the Miata, if the belt is on too tight, the pulley will start to wobble.

Is this not the case w/ Hondas?

MAD_MIKE

No.
F/H honda is a single piece pulley/damper that is bolted directly to the crankshaft.
BB6/B8/BP Mazda is a two piece pulley/damper that is bolted to the crankshaft belt sprocket with four 10mm headed bolts.

You can over tighten the belts and tweak the damper on a Mazda, but on a Honda you would not.

Pull off the undertray and view the crank pulley, note if the elastomer between the pulley and hub has cracked.

TOM2RN

Could be that someone pried the pulley off incorrectly during a belt change. I've actually seen someone take one of the chain style pipe cutters for cast iron pipe and demolish the pulley. Not a good move.