I did this twice and it keeps slipping on the spider gear when torquing it down, its really hard to do at home with a jack and limited space. Now its wobbly and leaking oil..
If you use the tool correctly it should press the crank pulley into the spider gear. It only lines up one way correctly though, there is a “toothed key” that you have to feel out by loosely turning the pulley to match it up then put the tool on and snug the bolt down by hand. Now that you say that though, to keep the crank from turning over when you’re tightening down the bolt, there is a crank lock tool that I forgot to specify. Sorry about that.
@@RedsVolkswagenRepair yep got the counterhold tool and always snaps out when im at the end of torquing it.. i guess thats the problem right there. Its just really frustrating when you put everything back together for the 3rd time to try it and it still wobbles
@@qb93 Yeah. I always try to turn it over by hand to see if there is significant pulley wobble. Definitely don’t want to start the engine and that spider gear slips. That’s an expensive day right there.
That is the purpose of this component, to cut down on engine vibration. I just happen to be installing one that is after market and helps reduce that vibration even more.
Good stuff my guy
Thank you sir!
I’m thinking about doing this to my car now 😀
Glad I could help with the encouragement!
I did this twice and it keeps slipping on the spider gear when torquing it down, its really hard to do at home with a jack and limited space. Now its wobbly and leaking oil..
If you use the tool correctly it should press the crank pulley into the spider gear. It only lines up one way correctly though, there is a “toothed key” that you have to feel out by loosely turning the pulley to match it up then put the tool on and snug the bolt down by hand.
Now that you say that though, to keep the crank from turning over when you’re tightening down the bolt, there is a crank lock tool that I forgot to specify. Sorry about that.
@@RedsVolkswagenRepair yep got the counterhold tool and always snaps out when im at the end of torquing it.. i guess thats the problem right there. Its just really frustrating when you put everything back together for the 3rd time to try it and it still wobbles
@@qb93 Yeah. I always try to turn it over by hand to see if there is significant pulley wobble. Definitely don’t want to start the engine and that spider gear slips. That’s an expensive day right there.
vibration dampen? this thing can adding comfort?
That is the purpose of this component, to cut down on engine vibration. I just happen to be installing one that is after market and helps reduce that vibration even more.