[s-cars] Bullet Dodging - revisited

[Mtgadbois at aol.com]

Bob,
 
What I recall is that yes there is a large washer.  When I had my  "time in 
the box" with the cylinder head - valve repair, etc., I tried  tightening the 
pulley/damper/gear assembly without using the washer.    As I slowly tightened 
the bolt I could see the whole assembly being pushed into  the sheetmetal 
surrounding the engine.  Naturally I stopped as this told me  I didn't have the 
parts in the correct order.  I then observed that the  washer fit perfectly in 
the back side of the gear.  So I assembled it with  the washer between the 
crankshaft and the gear - in essence the washer extended  the crank by its 
thickness.  Everything lined up and has been working just  fine for the past 12K 
miles.  Thinking about this now,  when I ran the  bolt in the first time it may 
have cleaned out the threads in the  crankshaft.  Could it possibly be that you 
may have some old lock-tite  stopping your bolt from going all the way in? 
(sounds dirty doesn't it?)   As I did this 9 months and 12K miles ago I could 
have mixed this all up but I  don't think so.
 
Best regards,
 
Mark near Chicago
 
 
 
In a message dated 6/10/2005 1:52:51 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
Bob at chips-ur-s.com writes:


Yes, there is a nice large washer which is a tight slip fit inside  the 
pulley.  It serves simply as a spacer for the bolt.

At 02:32  PM 6/10/2005, mtgadbois at aol.com wrote:



Bob, 

Its been a year since  I've been in there but isn't there a large washer in 
that mess?

I'll look at my notes  tonight but I thought with everything in place and 
tightened up 

the damper and crank  gear is quite solid and not susceptable to movement.

Mark near  Chicago.