is my CB going to blow up?

[xaaronx]

lol pulled up to my destination earlier and noticed a knocking sound. popped the hood and it sounded like piston 1 was knocking. i shrug it off and think 'fuck it, i'll deal with it later." well, time to leave, i start it up and it doesn't seem to be making much noise, so i shrug it off again. well, i get home just now and it looks like the crank pulley is wobbling?????? my power steering belt is going WYLD, up and down movement but it's plenty tight. hard to tell from the video but it looks like the crank is moving around??? thoughts???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvNeF0onJWQ

[kantkillkeenan]

h22 time?

[buckysaccord93]

either broke your crank or the big puller is loose and needs tightened

[xaaronx]

h22 time?

don't have time for that and no second car otherwise i'd be all game.

either broke your crank or the big puller is loose and needs tightened

BROKE my crank? where do you reckon it would/could break at? i'm leaning towards thinking it might just be loose....

[buckysaccord93]

cranks can snap. its a 16 year old peice of metal that gets the snot beat out of it every time its driven. things can wear down and snap

http://media.photobucket.com/image/h...rankshaft2.jpg

broken crank..

[xaaronx]

20/21 years old actually ha. i wasn't doubting you, just curious as to where you think it might have done it if it that is the case. how do i go about tightening the crank pulley bolt? under the wheel well? i want to check that before anything. and do i just put it in first gear while tightening it?

[buckysaccord93]

take off the wheel and look through the wheel well at the big pulley and in the center there will be a huge bolt head find the right socket and keep it in park and tighten it up

[KB7]

20/21 years old actually ha. i wasn't doubting you, just curious as to where you think it might have done it if it that is the case. how do i go about tightening the crank pulley bolt? under the wheel well? i want to check that before anything. and do i just put it in first gear while tightening it?

the crank pulley also called harmonic ballancer, is right behind the left front wheel, just take off the wheel and it is right there, might be behind the splash guard if you still have it, (idk cuz mine fell out), if so take that out then you will see it.

how old is your crank pulley? it could be bad. they can wiggle when they go bad.

if it is in fact a loose pulley bolt, you should probably pull it out before you go and try to tighten it and check the threads. after rebuilding my motor my pulley bolt backed out 8 months later and messed up the threads pretty bad. i got lucky and was able to rethread it.
and you are going to mess with that pulley's bolt you should pick up one of these first.

^crank pulley tool^

when you go to tighten it, realize that it has one of the highest torque specs of the entire car, somewhere around 160-180 foot pounds, maybe someone else can chime in witht the actual specs

[xaaronx]

can that pulley tool be found at like oreilly's, autozone, advanced auto, etc?

[KB7]

can that pulley tool be found at like oreilly's, autozone, advanced auto, etc?

Autozone has one i dont know about anywhere else

however, it seems that not all stores carry it regularilly,(definitely special order), i have an autozone contact who i just talked to and he had no idea Autozone had one so he bought one from NAPA a week ago when we did his timing belt on his 98 accord. he now realizes thatthorugh Autozone that the tool is a VDP product which means that you have to special order it

so NAPA may have it. you might have to call around to your local stores. Just be sure that the person who answers the phone knows you have a honda, and that their "harmonic balancer PULLER" is not the tool you need. you need the one in the picture, its for hondas

[deevergote]

Next time it does it, put your fingers on the spark plug boot for that cylinder. If you feel the knocking in the boot, turn the engine off. Let it cool down. Pull the spark plug, and look for aluminum in the threads. If there is, then your threads are damaged, and the plug is being pushed up in the hole. That will cause a nastty sounding knock. Tighten the plug back down CAREFULLY, since your threads are already damaged, and be aware of it in the future.

That may not be the case, but it happened to me. It does indicate a damaged head, which will be costly to fix (as an F22A head, probably cheaper just to replace it...) but it's better than rod knock!

[xaaronx]

UPDATE!

just pulled my car into the drive, jacked up the drivers side and pulled the front wheel off (which reminds me, i need to rotate my tires. hella camber wear in the front ha). i put a 19mm on a breaker bar and put it on the crank pulley bolt and it is fucking FINGER LOOSE. i've never been so shocked by something on my car hahaha. my brother is bringing the torque wrench over in a minute so i can get it back on and whatever.

should i throw some loctite on the bolt?????

[deevergote]

Oh wow... I totally missed the video before... wow.

[KB7]

Oh wow... I totally missed the video before... wow.

i was shocked at your first post how you did not adress that pulley. lol

UPDATE!

should i throw some loctite on the bolt?????

if the threads are fine, yes. the torque specs on the harmonic balancer is 162 ft pounds

found the specs at the top of this thread

[esskater892]

cranks can snap. its a 16 year old peice of metal that gets the snot beat out of it every time its driven. things can wear down and snap

http://media.photobucket.com/image/h...rankshaft2.jpg

broken crank..

looks like what happened to my crank when i threw a rod.

and to the guy with the loose crank, glad you found out it wasnt something to serious man.