The loctite fixed sure seems to have gotten my Miata back on the road!! At 193k now, we'll see how long it lasts, or if something else gives out first!
-Thom Keith Tanner wrote: > You'll definitely want to fix it. It's been my experience that with only > three bolts, you'll have the pulley come off the crank fairly quickly. > Won't necessarily cause any damage, but you'll lose the water pump and > alternator belt so the car's not going to want to drive very far after > this happens. > > Keith Tanner > Flyin' Miata > [email protected] > http://www.flyinmiata.com <http://www.flyinmiata.com/> > 1-800-FLY-MX5s (orders) > 1-970-464-5600 (tech) > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *[email protected] > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 21, 2009 7:06 PM > *To:* [email protected]; [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: I'm doing the Loctite short nose crank fix... but then... > > It's usually an easy fix. Take the pulley back off, the broken bolt > will probably come out by hand. > > Les > apexautoeng.com > > In a message dated 7/21/2009 8:58:50 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > halfway through reassembly... I broke the head off one of the 4 > fasteners that hold the crank pulley to the crank gear. So... > what do I > do? It's a mostly stock (randall intake, 4->2>1 headers, no > cat, etc) > 1990 with 193k on this orig motor. I think I did a good job > with the > loctite, but taking it apart to get this fastener out feels like > a bad > idea. Continuing without fixing it seems like a bad idea... > > I've been a lurker for ages, and trust you guys. What should I do? > > -Thom > > > > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > What's for dinner tonight? Find quick and easy dinner ideas > <http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?ncid=emlcntusfood00000009> for > any occasion. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
