GRRRRR..... Crank Pulley

[Psychoreo]

Yea, so apperantly whoever installed the GFB crank pulley on my car either didn't properly tighten it or messed something else up, because today at about 7:20am, the damn thing fell off. Yea, Fell...

It made no noise so i figured a belt broke or something because the battery light came on (no alternator) and the steering was hard as a rock (no power steering.) Eventually the car died, about 1.5 miles away from the shop and uphill none the less. So I walked to the shop, grabbed the 22mm I needed, threw the pully back on (the damn key was missing by now, but i only had to get it to the shop) went to start it ,and no compression. boost gague shows pressure in the mani when cranking. $10 says I found where the key went....timing cover.... haven't had the cover off because I had to go to work... damn pulley

[realfinn]

This seems to have been brought up a lot lately. Few people having trouble with pulley wobble. In another post someone said the torque spec should be much higher than what the FSM suggests.

[ericem]

Ya it says like 70ft-lbs in a haynes manual, but subaru told me 140ft-lbs, and mine fell off, 300 later, i got a new key, and a new pulley, and belts, and i could only torque the bolt to 100ft-lbs, so i brought it to subaru, they used a wrench with 4 bolts at the end to hold the pulley, and torqued it to 140ft-lbs and i watched them.

[subytech]

Techs at work torque them to 150 ft/lbs, you can hold the crank still useing a screw driver inserted in an access hole to the flywheel/torque converter behind the right hand cylinder head.

[Psychoreo]

yea, when I put mine back on i used something similar to locktite as a bit of reassurance. and before anyone goes "OH NO DON'T USE LOCKTITE!!!" i only used a little bit and torqued it properly.

[Legacy777]

yea, when I put mine back on i used something similar to locktite as a bit of reassurance. and before anyone goes "OH NO DON'T USE LOCKTITE!!!" i only used a little bit and torqued it properly.

Using the medium strength locktite is fine, and in fact I recommend it, and was told so by a very reputable subie engine rebuilder.