I am purchasing a '93 Civic and the car runs but I will need to replace the separating crank pulley to be able to drive it. Are there any options to consider when doing this? Who makes the best replacement pulley? What else would you do at the same time?

 

Why do you need to replace the crank pulley?

 

The pulley is separating from the hub.

 

Not sure what this^ means. Can you post a picture?

 

Dont have picture. This particular pulley has a metal hub embedded in a rubber disk. Three metal pulley rings surround the rubber disk. The three belts ride on the rings which are grooved for serpentine style belts. The disk and the hub have seperated which keeps the pulleys from spinning as fast as they are supposed to and chews up the belts due to the lateral motion of the pulleys. As I understand it, this is not an uncommon repair on this engine.

 

If all you need is the actual pulley i'd just go get one from a junk yard. be sure to make sure the theads in the crank are alright though. I knew a guy that always took his off and put it back on with an impact and it stripped the threads out and always caused it wiggle around and cause problems