I F'd up...
 

Getting ready to sell/trade(probably trade since I need a new AC compressor and I don't want to fix it) the BRZ and I decided to pull off the light weight pullies that I installed shortly after I bought it.

welp, I went to pull off the crank pulley and the spacer came out with it. So I said, "F that" and put it back. cranked it up no problem and when I went to check it the crank pulley was wobbling like hell. FML! so I shut it down and now I can't get the crank pulley spacer to sit flush or even close to it. It seems like I can line things up ok but I must be doing something wrong.

HALP! How do I get this damn thing back in?

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:slap: - that's for putting light weight pulleys on to start with.

:slap: - that's for trying to take them off.

Sorry, I have no idea about to fix your car, however, I do believe that someone will come along soon to help you out.

:sigh:

I'm really dumb.... crap, I'm going to have to run for public office now.

You didn't get the keyway lined up, and likely mushroomed the key on the crank.

If you get some small files, you can clean up the keyway on the sleeve and get in there and clean up the edges of the key itself.

You're going to need a new seal as you'll tear it up trying to file the key.

Otherwise it's pulling the front cover, and the chains to replace the key itself.

At first I thanked and then I realized that the suggestion may have been to file the key in place.

Please don't introduce steel shavings into the crankcase. It's almost 100% that the key is deformed enough to warrant replacement. Try chamfering the opening for the keyway on the sleeve and see if you can get it to start. If it goes, you dodged a bullet. Still an awful hidden problem to pass on to someone else. Do the right thing.

:lol:

10 to 1 that's exactly what happened. fml.

I guess now the only question is how hard is the steel on the spacer.

Had to do this back in 2013, customer didn't want to pull the cover. Took about an hour of filing both, wiped the crank with a cloth, lil bit of brake clean, replaced the seal, and did and oil change.

Square and Triangle files got it done
https://www.amazon.com/Key-File-Set-6/dp/B0058ECM5Y

I have one of those spacers if yours is too F'ed up. I can pull the key out of my spare engine too. I'd want to pull the timing cover and make sure you didn't crack the timing chain gear, we have seen that happen before in other threads.

awesome! Thanks!

I'll let you know tomorrow after I try to get this thing to fit.

Got it grinded down and put together. Everything is running great now. Thanks for all the input.

Are you related to Bubba?

:iono:

:D

we're all related to bubba!

I know that it's too little-too late but lookie what I forund.


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