Yep the bastard bug just bit me, too. WTF is up with all these friggen cranks?!
I checked the archives concerning this and it appears that doweling the crank and gear is a good fix. Any sort of prep work? Loctite? Any of those metal epoxies to fill in any gnarfs in the keyway? (The direction of failure left a "ramp" of 20-30 degrees on one end of the keyway in the crank.) Any particular type or number of "dowels"? I've got some 1/8" drill rod and access to a drill press to drill a "fresh" pulley (and to use the pulley as a "starter" or guide so that the crank is drilled properly). Any thoughts before the carnage begins? The only saving grace is that it appears that the pulley only slipped, and never took a full spin, since the compression (170-155-150-170) doesn't seem to show valve damage. Don _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
