I didn't have a TW either so, since my bolts were easy to remove, I used an educated guess as to how much effort it took me to remove, and applied the same amount of effort when tightening them. Not the proper method but I probably came close, just don't overtighten and strip one!

 

Yea the best way is the way truth described.. I think the crank will turn before you put to much torque on it but the bolts are small so just to be on the safe side do it the way truth said

 

Good point, my crank wanted to turn as well, and at that point I just gave the handle a good manual impact ("pop"), and that was good enough.

 

Thanks for the info guys!!!

 

Hey just curious since this has to do with the pulley, does our crankshaft pulley have its own bearing? I noticed the crickety sound that's common with our ralliarts is coming from the crank pulley area. When you replaced the pulley did you notice any less noise or more?

 

Same annoying sounds after install for me...no, the OEM pulley is maufactured with metal and some dense rubber embedded in it and weighs about 4 x as much as the lightweight pulley, 4lbs vs 1lb or less, no bearings. This pulley drives the serpentine belt around the other pulleys so, if it had bearings it wouldn't even spin and drive nothing.

 

I see. I don't know, I hate the sound that makes my car seem like it has crickets under the hood. I wish I knew what it was.

 

Crickets?

 

I had that sound before install but it went away after. Old/loose serpentine belt?

 

You need to make or get a stethoscope and find out where the noise is coming from then you can fix it

 

Yeah, I had a video of it somewhere.

 

Didn't like that post?

 

We can only do so much over the internet as being described as a general location and/or sound

 

I don't know which post your referring to truth but I am simply saying there are to many possiblities on the pulley side of the motor. To find out what exactly needs to be replaced a stethoscope will help narrow it down quickly, instead of buying every pulley, tensioner, etc.

 

Sorry, I thought you had possibly read my response on another thread titled, "tensioner pulley" and was having fun with it:

" Sorry if I'm redundant but this is an easy "rule out," and cool technique:

Remove the serpentine belt from all pulleys. Start your engine and listen for the problem. If the sound is still there then it's NOT coming from the pulleys (or serp belt), OTHER THAN THE UDP PULLEY (the only one that's spinning), the associated mechanisms behind it, or other source. If the sound is gone, then it's probably one of the other pulleys, related accesories, or other source.

Use a stethescope or any long, solid handle, ie; breakbar, as a modified stethescope, place the "stethescope" against the accesory or engine block nearest the "sound," put your ear against the other end, and try to isolate the symptom and it's source. Take your ear away from the "stethescope" frequently and listen to the symptomatic sound again, and again, so you can differentiate what, and where, your hearing the, noise, over the engine. Remember, the sound will travel through the engine block and attached accesories (referred sound), but auscultation over the actual source of the "sound" will reproduce the LOUDEST! I was able to isolate my tensioner pulley this way."