Frankentruck

[pdxhall]

Originally Posted by cwcarpenter98

Took a trip this weekend to hang out with a bunch of my college buddies, so of course I had to take my favorite road trip vehicle. Stopped at one of my favorite BBQ restaurants in Winder, GA: Smokin Po-Boys. Definitely would recommend stopping there if you find yourself in Winder.

I did start hearing a funky, intermittent rattling noise at idle, however, but didn’t check it out until I got home. Found out Sunday after getting home that I apparently didn’t tighten the crank pulleys enough. One of the bolts decided to exit the vehicle. Down one bolt and missing a smidge of material on the remaining two, I did the right thing and stole the pulley bolts from Penny. I also finally added a harmonic dampener bolt by stealing the one off Penny. The bolt seemed just a smidge too long, so I went on the hunt for a shorter bolt. Finally found one just right but it was dark by the time I got back. Finished putting everything back together after work today and all seems back to normal. I’ve already got new bolts for Penny in the Summit Racing cart that I’ve been putting together.

Did you put some Loctite on those bolts?

[cwcarpenter98]

Originally Posted by pdxhall

Did you put some Loctite on those bolts?

This time, I did!
I think the combo between no Loctite and reusing the original, single pulley bolts when switching to a triple pulley for the a/c and maybe future power steering left the bolts at a disadvantage of clamping force. Or I just messed up and didn’t get them tight enough to begin with. Either way, oops.
I did check the bolts again last night while doing an oil change. All seems to be ok