So I got my car back from the shop for doing an engine swap and I was about 20 miles away from the shop when THUNK. I heard a loud noise from my engine bay and my friend behind me saw sparks under my car. I pulled over to the side of the road and tried to see what happened but I couldn't see **** because it was dark. The shop towed the car back to their shop and told me the alternator belt broke and the crank balancer fell off. So if the crank balancer falls off does that mean my engine is fucked up?

Thanks for the help,

 

no,you just need a new crank pulley and keyway and some loctite.

Also a new shop to take your car

 

guess they forgot o tighten the crank pulley

 

that sucks. you should be ok just inspect the end of the crank

 

Yeah you should be ok,just check everything and make sure nothing else got damaged when the crank pulley fell off.

 

Cool thanks for the help. Hopefully the shop does the right thing.

 

check and make sure the timing belt didnt skip any teeth

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 86si &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">that sucks. you should be ok just inspect the end of the crank</TD></TR></TABLE>

definately check the end of the crank for damage.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dragline &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">no,you just need a new crank pulley and keyway and some loctite.

Also a new shop to take your car</TD></TR></TABLE>

What the hell is the loctite for??

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by spoonek9 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">What the hell is the loctite for??</TD></TR></TABLE>

its the same thing as threadlocker

 

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What the hell is the loctite for??</TD></TR></TABLE>

So to make sure the bolt doesn't back our again.You could call it a safty precaution.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by PrettyLude &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">its the same thing as threadlocker</TD></TR></TABLE>

I know what locktite is, but I don't understand why you would use it on the crank pulley bolt.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sleeper96 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">So to make sure the bolt doesn't back our again.You could call it a safty precaution. </TD></TR></TABLE>

If you torque everything correctly you don't need loctite.

 

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If you torque everything correctly you don't need loctite. </TD></TR></TABLE>

so what is loctiote made for??

 

If you torque the crank pulley bolt correctly you don't need loctite. There's other bolts that need loctite. The Helm book tells you which ones...

 

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The Helms manual tells you to clean the crank and pulley. Then you are supposed to put oil on the threads of the bolt and between the washer and head of the bolt. You reinstall the crank pulley and bolt and torque it properly.

If you put oil on the threads how is loctite even going to work??

 

Thanks for all the help guys!!!!!!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by spoonek9 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

The Helms manual tells you to clean the crank and pulley. Then you are supposed to put oil on the threads of the bolt and between the washer and head of the bolt. You reinstall the crank pulley and bolt and torque it properly.

If you put oil on the threads how is loctite even going to work??</TD></TR></TABLE>

the reason you put oil on the bolt is so you dont bind up and get false torque numbers pretty much any lube will do and in that case loctite is a lube as long as the bolt aint dry

 

your not supposed to use loctite on the crank period