GT-ER

...but I feel you aren't going to appreciate it in the video.

This is my car...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6AimBWqtxQ


Seems better than this one though ( don't know who's it is )...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG-21...eature=related

I'll try to see if tomorrow I can get an even better video.

Anyone have any more wobble videos?

theeddie

yours looks fine to me, but i havnt looked at mine in a long long time

GT-ER

Next to this one...my car looks GREAT! Looks like a C32 maybe?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA4Yq3qdnuU

GT-ER

Hey..looks like the Vazha has the same amount of wobble I do...or I could be wrong...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze_Hl-Buceg

KLR CLS

Your fine man. Looks like the wobble is mostly just the motor rocking on the mounts. All the pulleys look like they are wobbling in sync with the motor lope. You still are the man with your keyway fix!

BenzoDoc

I'm pretty sure mine's worse than that...and I'm stock.

GT-ER

Hahaha...thanks!

The pulley is 100% wobbling though...you can see it more clearly in person than in the video and the engine is still. I'll see if tomorrow I can get a better pic.

regardless, I'm probably gonna get myself a runout dial and play around with the pulley to see if maybe the outer ring is what's wobbling and not so much the center hub ( it's bolted on with 6 screws and maybe it's not perfectly centered, or if it is them maybe I can offset it ever so slightly to make up for the difference ).

GT-ER

Really? Video?

AK-AMG

Mine is stock and it also wobbles like yours.

GT-ER

Here is another video...this ones shows the wobble somewhat better. Full screen view at 720p should help see it better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgTdkZMpdPk

wsybert

That's not bad.

Hotrod-Realtor

Put your paranoid delusions to bed sir. I believe you fixed your problem splendidly. Of coarse I could be encouraging you, God forbid.

GT-ER

I guess you guys are right.

Can anyone with a wobbly pulley take a video of yours to compare? I'm just worried about long term effects.

I have a friend that had a race car with a wobbly pulley and he said it really never gave him any problems so...

wsybert

Check the runout, and post the number. Need to find out what MB spec is. I'm betting you are @ 0.010" to 0.015"

GT-ER

Factory spec is .4mm or about .015". I'm sure mine is TWICE that just by looking at it. Heck, I wouldn't doubt that mine would touch 1 full mm ( or about .04" ).

I'm looking for a dial indicator that I can fix next to the pulley at the moment.

pearlpower

Wow, wobble is still wobble, stock or otherwise. I just could not live with a wobble like that; but that is just me. My EC pulley is straight arrow though I never took a dial indicator to it, but looking down at, it is a nice piece that spins perfectly from the eyes point of view.

Do you believe you bent it from your 'incident?'

GT-ER

I don't think so, I think it was the damage done to the snout on the crank.

It's held up to a decent amount of abuse with no change but I agree that I'd rather not have the wobble. Seems like I may have no choice though. I'm thinking of loosening the 6 bolts that hold the outer ring and maybe pushing the outer ring somewhat offset to the hub. That should at least make the wobble less.

Just waiting to get my hands on a dial indicator first.

benz_addict

Wow. Those are some serious wobbles. But your GT looks normal. Mine also has some wobble but as searching here it can only be described as "normal".

I would reinstall the pulley with another new bolt if the wobble is too much.

GT-ER

I had already removed it and reinstalled it and the wobble was the same.

splinter

All due respect, one shouldn’t need a dial indicator to verify that something is seriously askew in this instance.

A reasonable amount of radial and axial runout is permissible from any pulley.
Don’t have your specifications handy, but they’re likely close to these:



Good luck though. :y

GT-ER

The reason for the dial indicator is for this:

It's the only way I can make sure it has less wobble, if possible.

splinter

edit: it may have been some fluff in the groves contributing to that optical disillusion. :o: