so yesterday i was driving i was at a stop light.. i heard a clunk.. lost power steering and everything.. seen a pulley roll across the street in my rear view mirror.. i pulled over seen that the ring around the crankshaft pulley had came off.. i ran into the street to get the ring.. slid it back on.. put my belt back on.. drove it home.. my question is how did the ring come off?.. and how does it stay on? .. im sure it doesnt just slide on and stay.. help please.

 

You mean the "ring" as in the part that the belt goes around?

 

this is a common issue. the rubber 'damping' material wears out and seperates the grooved pulley from the whole assembly. youll need to buy a newer one since that one will fall apart again.

 

^^ Ditto. I have one if you need it also.

 

thank you... now to figure out how to replace it..

 

would those ebay obx crank pulleys work? .. to replace the stock one?

 

U want an OEM one.

 

get either a OEM one or a ATI dampened pully. there is a reason the pulley is dampened.

 

i agree with biggu.

and to replace youll need the crank pulley tool. you can do it by using the starter method, which is putting a breaker bar up to the frame and crankin the motor over loosening the bolt. but to reinstall youll wanna torque it down. thats where the pulley tool comes in.

 

I read about the pros and cons about the OBX pulleys. I got one and I haven't had any issues with it yet. I also don't drive the car daily and so on... but I have kept a close eye and ear for anything under the engine bay and no complaints yet.

 

well after i fix it.. the car will be up for sale.. so.. haha.. should i just go with the obx? .. its the cheapest i can find.. for like 65 bucks on ebay..

 

mine came off too!!! and I only have 180K on a 5 speed. I got a whole new one from Aliga for 100. Good deal, came in today, very happy. I couldnt believe mine did that!!!!

 

well if you are gonna fix and sell then id go with the OBX route then. no sense in spending more money than you need to.

 

My vote is to go back the OEM route. No since in being cheap over 40.00 and causing someone down the road (and possibly you) more troubles that could have been avioded at a earlier time.

 

go with a non-dampened crank pulley and you will be replacing your crank...stick with OEM. Like Biggu said, there is a reason it has a dampener on it.