[s-cars] sheared crankshaft pulley

[Tom Green]

>
That's simple, Dave.  You don't.  Oh, I might sell you a used one for  
$40, but you got the new price right. These guys will discount the  
genuine parts as shown here.

http://www.genuinevwaudiparts.com/partlocator/index.cfm?action=getMultiSearchItems&siteid=214407&items=10

I don't see any reference for replacing the bolt, and I don't believe  
it is stretched to yield.  But, the manual doesn't cover lots of  
problems uncovered by our long term use, i.e., the pulley  
gear.         You don't get much better references than you just got  
on this list.

As difficult as some bolts are to remove, they could have been over- 
torqued, but by monkey-man, not any monkey-boy.

I knew that "torsen" would activate Scotty's filter.  : > )  I didn't  
realize you are a crack addict as well.  LOL

Tom


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> Alright, I'm sold. But where do I get a pulley for $40ish? I was  
> quoted $95 at the dealer. I just did the tbelt but the front end of  
> the car is still off so I will go back in and replace the pulley and  
> bolt.
>
> BTW, does the Bentley say to replace the bolt?
>
> Kase
>
>
>
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> >, s-car-list at audifans.com
> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 11:27:16 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada  
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> Subject: Re: [s-cars] sheared crankshaft pulley
>
>
> You guys are kidding right?!
> Timing Belt with new gear and new bolt only, both are one time use  
> IME/O.
> The bolt doesn't hold that gear in place, the key does, BTST  
> failure. IME/O
> it has nothing to do with the install or the removal tools, it has  
> to do with
> heat cycles, stress, and shear. The bolt is 12bucks and is a 1 time  
> stretch
> bolt, the gear is 40 bucks and it's key is crappy pot steel that  
> many times
> is hard to see the cracks.
>
> IME with S cars over the years, I've seen more failed keys than not.  
> The
> *install* can cause it to fail just as easily, especially if reusing  
> the old
> stretch bolt to factory torque. I throw away the gears regularly,  
> but kept the
> one crank bolt that stretched itself almost to shear, and managed to  
> get it
> out before it broke all together.
>
> I think anyone that's removed and re-installed a used crank gear is  
> just
> lucky. The good news is that usually the key cracks below the  
> keyline, and it
> usually stays in place that way until removed. I see it more on the  
> S car
> than any other, but the problem dates back to the 5000.
>
> My .02 arbitraged thru the peso
>
> Scott J