That's about the time that you whip out the golf makers special epoxy glue .
I've got stuff that sets up in 45 seconds and is ready for use in 5 minutes.
It's also good up to about 350 degrees. But then you'll need a torch to
remove the pulley after that. Simple but very very effective.
----- Original Message -----
From: "BOB KRAMER" <rgk@flash.net>
To: "FOT LIST" <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 4:17 PM
Subject: Small thing
> FOT,
> I found out just how small a part can be to cause mayhem in my TR4.
Shortly
> after arriving at the track this past Friday for our June CVAR event, I
set
> about checking the car over and replaced the points and condenser just
> because... After I reset the timing, the car didn't want to idle. Further
> examination showed the BFE harmonic balancer bouncing a bit under the
light.
> Putting hands on it found it to be loose rotationally, resulting in an
> incorrect timing location. Knowing that the crank and key are steel, and
the
> pulley aluminum, I was certain that the key had wiggled and worn out the
> pulley. Thinking I had a new one at home, for the next engine, I packed up
for
> the 2 hour drive to make the repair. It didn't go as planned, the pulley
bolt
> put up an heroic fight (new dent in radiator tube), and the result was
> unfortunate. The aluminum pulley is intact, the key is 100% and the keyway
in
> the crank is wallowed out. I expect that I can get a new and bigger groove
cut
> and use a bigger key, but I missed the weekend. The good news is that I
got to
> watch my daughter in her basketball tournament after all.
>
> Bob Kramer
> rgk@flash.net
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