Finally took a video of my pulley wobble..
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Finally took a video of my pulley wobble..
...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?
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?
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Next to this one...my car looks GREAT! Looks like a C32 maybe?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA4Yq3qdnuU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA4Yq3qdnuU
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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
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze_Hl-Buceg
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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!
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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 ).
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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
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgTdkZMpdPk
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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
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgTdkZMpdPk
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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...
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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"
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I'm looking for a dial indicator that I can fix next to the pulley at the moment.
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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?'
Do you believe you bent it from your 'incident?'
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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?'
Do you believe you bent it from your 'incident?'
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.
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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.
I would reinstall the pulley with another new bolt if the wobble is too much.
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I had already removed it and reinstalled it and the wobble was the same.
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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
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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.
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.
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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.
