kd5dwy
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Central Arkansas
My '87 XJ (4.0, PS, AC, AW4, 238000 miles) has eaten three belts in the last several months. It keeps wanting to ride up on the engine side of the crankshaft pulley which causes the engine-side rib of the belt to strip off. I cut that rib off completely and re-installed and it now appears that my crank is trying to push out even further! What keeps the crank pulley drawn into the engine and how hard is it to replace? Can I shim this externally somehow? While I had the belt off, I grabbed the pulley and I can move it 1/4 in. front to back easily. This can't be good for bearings and the like on the crank...