XJLI
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Long Island, NY
well, i managed to gt the old one off, get the new one half on sideways, get it off, get the installer bolt stuck inside the crank, loctite a bolt in that bolt, get it out, this morning i packed a bag of ice on the crank, ground down the key a tiny bit with a dremel, and let the pulley sit in my sink filled with water i boiled for a while. i managed to man-strength the pulley onto the crank and get it on straight. then i started using the installer tool from autozone...
the installer thing slipped out of the crank AGAIN when i was tightening it (happened two days ago as well). so, i followed advice from an old guy who was a mech for like 40 yrs and he said just use the crankshaft bolt to press it on. too bad i need about 1/4" more til the threads engage. so, i did what any normal person would do in that situation and threw a wrench across my street, then rode my bike to the hardware store to get a longer one. i get there and am having a hard time finding the right size with the fancy bolt size-o-meters and one of the older 'i know everything about nuts and bolts' guys comes over and helps me out. hes having a hard time figuring it out. now two guys are helping me and they both determine its a half-size metric bolt. probably a 13.5mm thread. wonderful.
what that means to me is there is a small possibility grainger carriers one, and a small possibility fastenal does. and since i've been using a 12mm thread on the installer, there is also a possibility my crankshaft is stripped out. i can thread the bolt in a bit (w/o the washer) but cant go much further bc the pulley is in the way.
i have no idea what to do next.
the installer thing slipped out of the crank AGAIN when i was tightening it (happened two days ago as well). so, i followed advice from an old guy who was a mech for like 40 yrs and he said just use the crankshaft bolt to press it on. too bad i need about 1/4" more til the threads engage. so, i did what any normal person would do in that situation and threw a wrench across my street, then rode my bike to the hardware store to get a longer one. i get there and am having a hard time finding the right size with the fancy bolt size-o-meters and one of the older 'i know everything about nuts and bolts' guys comes over and helps me out. hes having a hard time figuring it out. now two guys are helping me and they both determine its a half-size metric bolt. probably a 13.5mm thread. wonderful.
what that means to me is there is a small possibility grainger carriers one, and a small possibility fastenal does. and since i've been using a 12mm thread on the installer, there is also a possibility my crankshaft is stripped out. i can thread the bolt in a bit (w/o the washer) but cant go much further bc the pulley is in the way.
i have no idea what to do next.