Always tighten your crankshaft pulley bolt up to specs!

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Always tighten your crankshaft pulley bolt up to specs!

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(Sorry not Starion related but thought I would share anyway)

otherwise this happens to your crank keyway and crankshaft sprocket...

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that's almost one tooth of play in either direction as a result of that damage. I rebuilt the engine 20,000kms ago and it seems I didn't tighten the crankshaft pulley bolt up to the correct torque (which is 195Nm if you were wondering)

I only discovered it after I had to remove the cambelt

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to remove the upper 'cam tray' from the front cylinder bank

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in order to replace a tappet, which due to the inferior design does this

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when it's meant to look like this

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which you can only replace it by accessing the underside of the cam tray

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so yeah.. I fixed one problem only to discover a major problem. looks like the crank is going to come out to be repaired :(
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Bummer :( Which engine is that your 93 Galant??
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yeah 6A12 MIVEC in the '93 Galant
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