jewjew bean

I broke a piece off my crank pulley. I was wondering if the missing piece would throw the balance off. What do you think? Will it be ok to use?

W O T

Ive broke a small piece off of mine before, but thats ginormous. Out of balance obviously, how much, I dont know. But do you want to find out at 8500rpm?

Pretty easy fix if that bolt isnt seized

HamiltonRex

were you hitting it to try and get it off?

Its scrap. Throw it away.

W O T

You can always take it off and have it turned down past the broken portion and check quick for cracks

EK_vzla

buy one used cheap....

jewjew bean

I don't know what it looks like to you in the pic but only the lip is missing nothing else.


I was holding the pulley with a chain wrench to brake the bolt loose. I did it many times on my other engine and had no problem. This is a 95 engine so the metal may be more fatigued.

I think I have another crank pulley at my disposal so I'll change it over

CivicVX94

i had a piece about half that size broken off mine for a loooooong time and i never experienced a problem due to it

RCautoworks

If you have to ask, then yes its probably bad.

ironcheftony

ive put in motors with chipped crank pulley's before and ran them fine, even raced them hard alot, i havent experienced' any problems with crank pulley or crank failure

Mikey3000

they are really easy to break edges off like that. my h22 pulley has chips all over it but i don't use it anymore due to me getting a fluidampr.

PrecisionH23a

Get a new one. The harmonics on that dampener aren't going to be too nice to your rotating assembly.

sp00led

Yea, the longblock I bought had a pully that looked the same way. I ended up getting a fluidamper. Just make sure you have a harmonic balancer puller ($20 oriley's) because it's a bitch to get on/off.

chriskona

****, if you think thats bad you should see mine. ive been driving and beating on my car for 4 years now ;P

never thought of the balance til now. i guess i should replace mine too

doood

iTrader: (1)

my pulley looks like that but with a few more chips and i dont notice anything bad from it. not to say it's not causing any damage.

but hey i only have bolt on's

VRD^don

if your not running the two other belts..get it shaved down to just the alternator belt!

SOHC_MShue

Get a new one. I've seen stuff like that destroy oil pumps at high rpms.