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[JamesV6CDX]

Right.. got the old gloves on after work today, decided to make a start stripping down, to get to the crank seal.

Fair play, getting that crank pulley centre bolt off was a NIGHTMARE!! Tight as a ducks doo-da..

Anyhow, following various bodges at locking the flywheel - it's off.

I have stripped it all down. Set the engine to TDC, and locked the cams. Removed the belt. Then I undid the bolt, and gently prised off the pulley.

Here comes the problem.

When I removed the pulley, there was a small bit of metal in it. This bit of metal, looks like it's come off the inside of the pulley.

Now, I cannot see how the pulley locks on to the bit coming out of the crank. There is like a cut-out in the crank, but no way for it to lock onto the pulley?

HELP!!!!! Surely there must be a way, for that pulley to only go back in one position?

Looks like I may need a new pulley..   but saying that, the bit of metal that broke off was extremely small...

Oil seal is definately leaking... but I still need to work out how to get this pulley back on sucesfully, before I can start re-assembling  

[TheBoy]

I could look it up in TIS, but seeing as you want an answer from MDTM or Matchless....  

[JamesV6CDX]

I could look it up in TIS, but seeing as you want an answer from MDTM or Matchless....  

Come on Jaime, Be a Pal, I'm in a pickle

[cdx25]

Right.. got the old gloves on after work today, decided to make a start stripping down, to get to the crank seal.

Fair play, getting that crank pulley centre bolt off was a NIGHTMARE!! Tight as a ducks doo-da..

Anyhow, following various bodges at locking the flywheel - it's off.

I have stripped it all down. Set the engine to TDC, and locked the cams. Removed the belt. Then I undid the bolt, and gently prised off the pulley.

Here comes the problem.

When I removed the pulley, there was a small bit of metal in it. This bit of metal, looks like it's come off the inside of the pulley.

Now, I cannot see how the pulley locks on to the bit coming out of the crank. There is like a cut-out in the crank, but no way for it to lock onto the pulley?

HELP!!!!! Surely there must be a way, for that pulley to only go back in one position?

Looks like I may need a new pulley..   but saying that, the bit of metal that broke off was extremely small...

Oil seal is definately leaking... but I still need to work out how to get this pulley back on sucesfully, before I can start re-assembling  

Looked it up in my Haynes for you and it didnt say anything more helpful than "slide it back on aligning with the slot" which aint much good.

OK, now I see why you said Mark or Matchless  

TB must be bluffing  

[JamesV6CDX]

sh!tting bricks at the mo -

1) - because I need the car tomorrow night, and I may need to source a new crank pulley
2) - will I ever get the crank pulley onto the crank again in the right position?! Is it possible for it to be "out?"

[hotel21]

Not been there on this particular engine but on others, theres normally a Woodruff Key or similar single spline to locate the pulley exactly on what is sometimes a taper shaft.

HtH

[cdx25]

Not been there on this particular engine but on others, theres normally a Woodruff Key or similar single spline to locate the pulley exactly on what is sometimes a taper shaft.

HtH

Thats what I was thinking this bit of metal could be...  but Haynes manual is very coy on that and Ive not pulled one of these off myself - at least not on Vx.   MUST be some way of retaining it in the correct position - I dont believe it could possibly rely on bolt tension to hold it in the correct position...

[JamesV6CDX]

Not been there on this particular engine but on others, theres normally a Woodruff Key or similar single spline to locate the pulley exactly on what is sometimes a taper shaft.

HtH

Thats what I was thinking this bit of metal could be...  but Haynes manual is very coy on that and Ive not pulled one of these off myself - at least not on Vx.   MUST be some way of retaining it in the correct position - I dont believe it could possibly rely on bolt tension to hold it in the correct position...

surely not..

I would very much love to see a picture of what the inside o the sprocket should look like..

[hotel21]

Agreed.  On some engines, you can adjust the timing mark position by use of offset woodruffs.....  Rare, but out there somewhere....  

[JamesV6CDX]

Jaime?    

What does your magic laptop say~?

[hotel21]

If there is a key then there will be a corresponding slot in the pulley.

[TheBoy]

pdf emailed....   ....not sure it really helps though  :-/

[JamesV6CDX]

If there is a key then there will be a corresponding slot in the pulley.

Thing that's confusing me Brucie, is that there is a slot, in the pulley, and a slot on the crank bit.

And if you line them up, the pulley is nowhere near TDC, which is how I took it off...

[hotel21]

currently wading through something I don't have......    

[JamesV6CDX]

currently wading through something I don't have......    

Thanks a million