Lude Generation

Lost the pics i took for this post unfortunately


So driving to work one day minutes after leaving a busy carriageway, i heard things get noisy under the bonnet
and so decided i would pull over to inspect the problem when the steering was snatched from me and the lude decided to just temporarily die in the middle of the road........

under the bonnet i went and picked up the p/s belt violently slung from its pulleys

Recovery 6 miles home......anyway.....turns out the crank pulley i noticed wobbling a week before
had almost worked itself loose due to a chunk worn out of the woodruff keyway
fortunately both the key and engine timing remained the same...the bolt merely hanging on

In seek of replacement after finding out how much honda charged for a new crank pulley
i came across

JAP AUTO SPARES

seriously avoid these money and time consuming wastes of time

yes we have that part....after a weeks worth of phoning up and fuckery i have had my refund unlike a lot of people
who have had similar experiences most resulting in rather empty pockets

beware this company uses a few different trading names and even honda part suppliers as far as yorkshire
know of their deeds.

Eventually i came across a F23 honda accord pulley being the same in dimensions apart from the circumference
width (about quarter of an inch bigger)

The p/s and a/c belts have been tensioned accordingly and apart from the steering being considerably lighter
due to p/s working harder there has been no problems after 3 months of hard driving
although there is slight play in the crank pulley rotation again......probably my bad


anyone who has figured out wether it is a crank problem or not that causes this please let me know

I think the pulley is a fairly common fault. My lude when I first got it...I had to replace the pulley. A lot more difficult than it should be due to the idiot previous owner welding it onto the crank (the pulley had split in 2 - inner bit still attached to the crank due to the weld, outer bit - where the belts sit, had fallen off). I managed to grind the weld off but ultimately, I think that is what caused that engine to fail.

Cranks are generally pretty good as long as the engine has been looked after.

Ive had same failure and i know of others - im not sure of exact cause but i replaced the pulley and had no issue since then
what i would recommend is fitting a brand new woodruff key to it every time it comes off when doing the belts and check that its not been worn smooth on the inside and that there is no play in the keyway. The failure of the rubber damper bit is a different thing and there is a company that refurbs them. Was discussed in a recent thread. here is the link.

http://www.ludegeneration.co.uk/post301 ... ey#p301535