crankshaft pulley all over the place ..help!!

sgetty Fahrvergnugen

994 posts · joined Sep 2003 · 10 May 2006, 4:47 pm

#486578

hi just replace my crankshaft pulley with an empi alluminium one and it is all over the place when i have it running.
wlf is going on ive had it on and off, off and on nice and tight any suggestions???
deon

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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,474 posts · joined Jun 2004 · 10 May 2006, 5:20 pm

#486595

how much end play is there in the main shaft ie if you grab the pulley and try to move it back and forth

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johny rotten Officially Full-On Dubber

366 posts · joined Apr 2004 · 10 May 2006, 5:36 pm

#486602

Maybe the new pulley is bored incorrectly

Schmoburger Baywindow Mafia Godfather and Cement-Shoe Fitter

2,185 posts · joined Oct 2005 · 10 May 2006, 5:39 pm

#486603

My useless suggestion is... don't buy anything more important than funny stickers or gearstick knobs from Empi... 😂

There precision when it comes to important engine parts sucks from what I've heard... even crankases have shonky imprecise mating surfaces betwen halves. 🙁

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11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 10 May 2006, 5:51 pm

#486607

Yes, since the demise of the genuine EMPI many years ago....
there are many copies....
Most made in Taiwan or China....

Wolfsburg Automotive in Victoria have the EMPI trade mark and have quality goods....

The poor quality EMPI stuff orginates from a big aftermarket VW store in the US....

I just replaced My alternator pulley with a nice new gold one.... and when it was done up... it went onto the alternator so it wouldn't even turn.... a couple of 15mm thin washers were used to make it fit.... My Son had the same problem.....
It seems to Me, its just as easy to make something fit as it is NOT to fit.... I think it was Mexican.....
or maybe chinese...??

Those EMPI crankshaft pulleys look great....
I'm glad I didn't buy one.....

Lee

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bond Veteran Volks Folk

2,456 posts · joined Jul 2003 · 10 May 2006, 11:50 pm

#487034

agreed - taiwanese poo.....

what did you torque the nut too?

did you use locktight on the nut?

nick

sgetty Fahrvergnugen

994 posts · joined Sep 2003 · 11 May 2006, 9:06 am

#487100

yeah im gunna get an original one back on,
torque, havnt got one but bloody tight!
deon

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