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Old 07-25-2008, 10:36 PM   #1
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SO there i was driving to KR motor sports
and all of a sudden i lost power steering. ERRR??? then i looked at my voltage
and it's like at 11.4 and dropping...pulled over prayed to god something didn't go wrong again. Popped the hood and was looking really really hard...DOn't know what to look for honestly just anything standing out of the blue.
And it hit me....WHERE THE **** ARE MY BELTS! in my head *really? ..no really. OH C"MON MAN ..REALLY WTF ..where the **** are my belts!!!
examined the road behind me and yes ..1/8 of a mile down were my belts. and something else that didn't look right. So I walked and walked...while sweatin ballz! and looked at this unique pulley type thing. just looked like " O " and next to it in the drain was a " o " but the o is filled up and smaller as if it were meant to fit in the other "O" Of coarse any guy would put 2 and 2 together. and Miraculously enough they fit. Well now that it fits wtf does it go?..walked back to the car and looked and realized that MY ****ING crank pulley came off. **** ME! SO i'm hoping that it'll have enough juice to drive to KR ms. came back with 4.2 volts thank god!
thanks EDDIE u saved me with ur extra crank pulley..time to upgrade that baby holy crap!


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Old 07-27-2008, 09:08 AM   #2
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no prob bro.... just glad i was able to get it to you and it worked. keep it as long as you need to till u get your new one. Cobb makes a good one :-)
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Old 07-27-2008, 09:08 AM   #3
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holy **** are you kidding me? your crank pulley fell off!?! wow thats a first
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Old 07-27-2008, 10:37 AM   #4
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NO lie LOL that ***** just fell off!~
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Old 07-28-2008, 05:49 AM   #5
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WTF? Who put in on?
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Old 07-28-2008, 06:25 AM   #6
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no the pulley rotated..just the inner part didn't ...AH it's hard to explain will make a diagram later
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Old 07-28-2008, 06:29 AM   #7
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Gotcha. Our crank pulleys are actually a mini harmonic balancer. There is rubber holding the pulley to the crank. That's what broke (common on chevy V8's for this to occur).
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Old 07-28-2008, 06:34 AM   #8
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Get an ATI or one from ARFab, both are real harmonic dampers, not just a pulley like every other brand out there. With what you have $$$ into your motor you should put a nice pulley on it. It just so happens I carry both ATI and I can most likely get one from AR Fab.
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Old 07-28-2008, 06:52 AM   #9
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Yeah you want some of that cushion in there. Our engines were designed around a harmonic balancer and deleting it puts more stress on the main bearings.
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Old 07-28-2008, 06:53 AM   #10
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Wow!! I think that's even more amazing than hearing of someone's wheels coming off while driveing! I was riding in my buddies camaro when I was in high school, and I was staring out the window when something caught my eye. His right rear wheel went rolling right by the pass. door and turned slightly rolling off into a field!! hahahahaha Funniest thing I ever did see!!

Good to hear that nothing serious broke!! I always wondered if a CP came off if it would destroy other things. Glad your back on the road in good shape!!
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Old 08-02-2008, 02:01 PM   #11
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I would NEVER buy ish from ar fab! I dont care if its a F'ing plate frame. You dont need a harmonic pulley, its not really that important, your crank and pistons have been balanced together already when it was built I hope. This is a very common problem period with subaru crank pulleys. I have the beatrush one and have no problems and fast spoolup.
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Old 08-02-2008, 02:02 PM   #12
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btw, since you ran your battery down that far you might want to look into another one.
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Old 08-02-2008, 02:08 PM   #13
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yeah i'm probably going to get the same btry u got josh! braile
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Old 08-02-2008, 05:12 PM   #14
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yeah i want to get a braile battery too, but money is an issue at the current time.
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Old 08-02-2008, 08:23 PM   #15
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if you get one, go with the 20 lb one, the 15 is kinda weak


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