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Groaning Steering (sometimes) - After Timing Belt Change!?!? 700 1986

posted by  ndesouza on  Thu Nov 4 12:17 CST 2004
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Is your harmonic balancer (crank-pulley) the original one ? If so - check that the rubber damping sleeve has not deteriorated causing the pulley to turn independantly of the central-hub. One sympton of this is your timing will appear to 'walk' when checked with a timing-light even though timing is correct - because the timing mark is inscribed on the pulley. You can also check this by painting a stripe on the harmonic balancer that runs from hub to pulley-edge, running the engine and then seeing if the stripe has broken up.

I only thought of the harmonic-balancer because one (lousy) method of removing it during timing belt replacement involves clamping the outer-edge of the pulley while trying to loosen the center-bolt - which puts a lot of stress on that rubber sleeve.

Noel






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