Geoff Branch wrote:
>
> Out of the corners of lurking..... Hello all again.
> Problem with my Mini: When spinning the engine by hand the other day, I
>sensed
> that the crankshaft pulley was turning a little bit before the crank was
> turning. Both directions. This does not sound like a good thing to me.
> Anyone else ever have this happen? What is the cause? Is the pulley keyed?
The pulley is keyed and it is also dampened via rubber stuff inbetween
the inner and outer metals. (later ones that is)
The harmonic balancers do get brittle with age and then there is the
repros that come brittle right off the boat.
Look at the rubber on the balancer, if its cracked, it's probably shot.
You should not be able to move it by hand (unless you are extremly
strong)
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Frank Clarici
Toms River, NJ
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