Originally Posted by Maxwell
It's so silly that Mercedes torques the crankshaft pulley to over 150 ft lbs. all that bolt is doing is holding the pulley to the crank, and I'm assuming there is a key in which it engages on the crank snout, so it really makes no sense for this over kill. The more I learn about Mercedes benz products, the more I start to wonder about their designs and engineering. lol.
I think they just
really want to make sure that bolt wasn't going to back out.
I agree with you though. A lesser torque value and a bit of properly applied .032 safety wire would do the job nicely.