My question is this: Can I put lock-tite on the crank pulley bolt to stop this thing coming loose again? Is there anything wrong with doing so? Any other suggestions?

:Here's the full story of it flying off:
The threads on the crank (where the pulley bolt goes in) are stripped right at the end... they have been ever since I bought the motor. It ran fine for about 6 months, then the bolt started to come loose... it ate all my belts and the pulley rattled itself around untill it broke pieces off. I got another one, put it on as tight as I possibly could (with an impact wrench), and all was good. Untill about half an hour ago. I was out driving, and I feel something shaking and I hear this noise almost reminiscent of an exhaust leak? I decide to head straight home, since I was pretty close. Anyway, I hear a bolt come loose, and I figure it was just a loose bolt on my exhaust that had come loose and rattled off. A few seconds later, my battery light came on, and I knew immediatley what it was. I end up making it home, and as I'm pulling into my driveway the thing flew off.

Now I need a new crank pulley, and some new belts.

 

since its already stripped...u might want to try re-threading those bolts and the crank hole...if that does not work, u can put a heat resistant locktite to prevent it from coming lose or u can get some JB Weld and put some on it...just right around it...so it does not come lose when rev higher...hope this helps...i highly recommend re-threading first...

 

I thought about reathreading it... but then I'm scared to mess with my crank, know what I mean? It's majorly important and stuff.

How hard is it to rethread? I've rethreaded bolts on other stuff before, but never on anything relating to the car.

 

Anyone else? I'd like to fix this today.

 

FYI: JD weld does not work well in cold climates...Only warm ones. Therefore it will not bold well to cold metal.

 

Well, fortunatley I live in Florida, coldest it ever gets here is about 40 degrees... right now it's 72F. If I put JB Weld on it, will I be able to take the crank pulley off when the time comes? I realize I'm kind of looking for the best of both worlds, but it needs to come off when I need it off (to change timing belt, oil pump, whatever), and not to come off by itself... sometimes I hate my car.

EDIT: Does JB weld stand up to high temps? I know I have some in the garage, but I've never used it. My brother's the one thats always using it.


[Modified by 94TealGSR, 1:20 PM 1/2/2003]

 

almost had that happen to me in my crx . i kept hearing a wierd tickin noise comin from under the hood so i thought it might be the valves or sumthing . so i went to put the wrench on the crank pulley bolt and it fell off glad i wasnt driving .

 

Yeah, I made it home just in time for my pulley to fall off in my driveway, and get stuck under my front tire...

Last bump before I let it drop. Probably gonna put some JB Weld on it.