Helpa guy out. I'm stumped

littleredstroker · Sep 8, 2013

So swapped in a a motor bout a month month and a half ago. And been running fine till about a week ago, heard some squeaking to find that the water pump pulley was working its way loose. Ok, tightened back up and did it again, when it did it the second time i lost one of the bolts. I lock tited them on and tightened em up using the 3 till I could get hold of another bolt. Driving home last night, lose power steering and so i pull over and sure enough the belt was off ... And the
Water pump pulley had pulled off.. confusing part is all 3 bolts were tight still... It literally pulled the bolt heads through the pulley.. WTF is going on ??

Same exact water pump/pully/fan that had been ran for 200k.. brand new tensioner and idlers.. so confused.
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300000 and counting · Sep 8, 2013

I wonder if the bearing in the water pump is going bad causing a vibration that is causing the bolts to loosen. Just a thought

littleredstroker · Sep 8, 2013

Feel tight, no play in any direction... This pulley if ***ed.. ill post a pic... No clue how this happened

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Arisley · Sep 8, 2013

You have another pulley not lining up correctly. Try dropping a straight edge across the pulleys to verify.

littleredstroker · Sep 8, 2013

Arisley said:
You have another pulley not lining up correctly. Try dropping a straight edge across the pulleys to verify.

I think you may have it, everything but the water pump pulley was off my 03 when I did the swap, I noticed a difference in the WP. Pulley s when I was diggin through my extra box of stuff, 2 differen diameters , so maybe it was recessed a little more. I'm putting the one off my 03 on it then I will check.

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littleredstroker · Sep 8, 2013

I had to cut the outside " ring" off to get it off, couldn't get a wrench on the fan
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bluedge8 · Sep 8, 2013

That is impressive damage! Either the pulley was not in alignment or the shaft is bent on the water pump.

Magnum PD · Sep 8, 2013

You still got one bolt hole, PUT IT BACK ON!!

littleredstroker · Sep 8, 2013

Magnum PD said:
You still got one bolt hole, PUT IT BACK ON!!

Ok ok fine.

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Arisley · Sep 10, 2013

Wrap some electrical tape around the pulley to cover the rough edges before you put it back on.

littleredstroker · Sep 10, 2013

Arisley said:
Wrap some electrical tape around the pulley to cover the rough edges before you put it back on.

Great idea!

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lincolnlocker · Sep 16, 2013

holy chit!

live life full throttle

littleredstroker · Sep 17, 2013

Well just got back from my 1500 mile trip all went well.

Other than another issue, that I might as well post up here instead of a new thread.

Same set up with beans tunes, the truck would kinda shake and buck a little when coasting down a hill with no load cruise on.

Matt's tunes, I've noticed it worse, it usually happens above 2krpm, it will sputter and sounds choppy at 1-3% throttle , almost like it cuts out and comes back immediately like it's not sure where it should be running at.... Tuning ? Or what ..
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lincolnlocker · Sep 17, 2013

yep, tuning! my dd tune is smooth as glass.. my hot tune is not

live life full throttle

littleredstroker · Sep 17, 2013

My tow/econ is hell... My all out is hell. Heavy tow hell, street hell... All the same, I was hoping it was something could he fixed without being live tuned

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