Originally Posted by
Ok_Jon
It's been a while since I posted on an 'Internet Brands' Forum. Let's see if I can embed a YouTube video of the salvage car's arrival....
Here's the link:
Salvage '05 Crossfire Arrival
Next, after pulling the core support out of the way I replaced the idler pulley, belt tensioner, and serpentine belt. I had not made any repairs to the cooling system except for some metal tape to slow the leakage and poured some distilled water in. A short run showed that the engine seems to run well, but the harmonic balancer has a little bit of a wobble. At over 20 years of use I'll call that wear rather than damage. I've got a new one ordered that should arrive in about a week.
Harmonic Balance Wobble
I used an engine from a wreck for my clone project. Engine was out of a wreck from Florida with 12,000 miles
vehicle had front end collision, looked like yours.
I stripped it down. All looked good
changed chains and bearings.
put it all back together and fired it up.
looked down at the crank pulley and saw the wobble
the crank was bent at the nose as a result of the front push.
this was in 2017 I couldn’t fine a crank shaft anywhere after a month of looking, I found one from jimmy Connelly in Texas. I flew down and picked it up.
Fingers crossed that it’s isolated to the pulley.