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The belts for my A/C and power steering pump came off while driving.
My crank pully is doing a dance. Need Help! Any ideas?

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Have you checked to see whether the crankshaft pulley bolt
is still present?

See diagrams at www.hondaautomotiveparts.com .

Civic? Any recent maintenance done?

"leter" <none@000.com> wrote
> The belts for my A/C and power steering pump came off
> while driving.
> My crank pully is doing a dance. Need Help! Any ideas?

leter wrote:
> The belts for my A/C and power steering pump came off while driving.
> My crank pully is doing a dance. Need Help! Any ideas?
>
sounds expensive. if the pulley has broken loose, the crank may be
damaged. if that's the case, the engine is uneconomic to repair -
replacements are much cheaper than rebuilds and a lot of rebuild quality
is dubious.

have to take the pulley off and inspect.

Elle,
Did as you advised and checked the blowups and was proceeded to check
the bolt. Unfortunatly the bolt had broken, and part of it is still in
the crank. The pully has spun and the splines are almost gone....so
the pully is history. I don’t relish messing around with "EZ outs"
(I’ve never found them EZ) And I think with the broken bolt, as "Jim
Beam" points out it may cheaper to replace the engine than go the
rebuild route.
Thanks to all for the advis

"Elle" wrote
> Have you checked to see whether the crankshaft pulley bolt
> is still present?
>
> See diagrams at www.hondaautomotiveparts.com .
>
> Civic? Any recent maintenance done?
>
> "leter" <none@000.com> wrote
> > The belts for my A/C and power steering pump came off
> > while driving.
> > My crank pully is doing a dance. Need Help! Any ideas?

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Leter, wow. Thanks for the update. Sorry for the
catastrophe. I sure wonder what caused this. Seems to me
this might be the second report of a pulley bolt (assuming
it was that) coming free I've read in the last year or so,
though, from around five years of reading here, including
the archives.


"leter" <none@000.com> wrote
> Elle,
> Did as you advised and checked the blowups and was
> proceeded to check
> the bolt. Unfortunatly the bolt had broken, and part of it
> is still in
> the crank. The pully has spun and the splines are almost
> gone....so
> the pully is history. I don't relish messing around with
> "EZ outs"
> (I've never found them EZ) And I think with the broken
> bolt, as "Jim
> Beam" points out it may cheaper to replace the engine than
> go the
> rebuild route.
> Thanks to all for the advise
>
> "Elle" wrote:
> > Have you checked to see whether the crankshaft pulley
> > bolt
> > is still present?
> >
> > See diagrams at www.hondaautomotiveparts.com .
> >
> > Civic? Any recent maintenance done?
> >
> > "leter" <none@000.com> wrote
> > > The belts for my A/C and power steering pump came off
> > > while driving.
> > > My crank pully is doing a dance. Need Help! Any
> > > ideas?
>
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