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 sgetty
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 posted on May 10th, 2006 at 04:47 PM |
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crankshaft pulley all over the place ..help!!
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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| posted on May 10th, 2006 at 05:20 PM |
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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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| posted on May 10th, 2006 at 05:36 PM |
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Maybe the new pulley is bored incorrectly
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| posted on May 10th, 2006 at 05:39 PM |
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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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| posted on May 10th, 2006 at 05:51 PM |
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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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| posted on May 10th, 2006 at 11:50 PM |
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agreed - taiwanese poo.....
what did you torque the nut too?
did you use locktight on the nut?
nick
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sgetty
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| posted on May 11th, 2006 at 09:06 AM |
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yeah im gunna get an original one back on,
torque, havnt got one but bloody tight!
deon
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