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Impact gun strikes again! (archive)
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Posted by Douglas on February 25, 2001 at 18:06:43:

In Reply to: Re: Must like Vegas... posted by Matt Evans on February 23, 2001 at 09:42:52:


Its not supposed to vibrate all that much with 325ft pounds on it. I had it hack/fixed once (no locking compounds at all, same harmonic balancer, crank nut put on with impact gun (shop didn=t know better)). It worked for about 6 weeks, and there wasn=t a problem until the crank nut was completelz gone.

There you go folks. If you've been following the saga/discussions of the crank hub, you may remember earlier postings that the hub isn't necessarily weak by design. It's typically installed with an impact gun. Thank you Matt for your honesty in revealing this detail.

I can sympathize with your circumstances but you've got to ask yourself, would you want to buy a car with this repair?

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