2005 SRT-10, 11K Miles
I figured regardless of the mileage and the fact that it doesn't get driven much, I should change the accessories belt, and besides I was curious to see if my car suffered from a loose crank bolt too.. On a visit to the US, dropped by a Dodge dealer and ordered a bunch of stock parts to service the car. By the time I got home and checked everything, I saw that he had sold me a crank pulley too.. Figured it was an accident and that it wasn't worth the trouble of returning it. I had all the other usual suspects; the belt, a tensioner and the idler pulley.
Today, I took the airbox off and noticed that the crank pulley looked like it had a marker, which was odd.. on close inspection it turned out to be a monster crack. Removed the pulley and took the photo below (next to it is the new pulley, which incidentally looks a bit "beefier" on the edges..
I thought "bless the parts guy" at least I had the correct part to fix this weird problem, and let's go on and finish.. when I also discovered the exact same crack on the power steering pulley..
Anyone else seen this? I have googled the heck out of it, and found nothing on the Gen-3s... Is it worth swapping out all the other pulleys and going for some aftermarket underdrive pulley kit? I don't really trust any of the other pulleys on the car, even though they look fine.. The belt looked brand new when I took it off too! The crank bolt is very tight, and the six bolts holding the crank pulley were tight, but came off relatively easily... The only issue was that when the car was cold, the power steering would jump within the first 60 seconds or so of the car heating up, like as if the belt was slipping.. now I know why..
Ideas on how to fix this; go stock or aftermarket?
Thanks!
I figured regardless of the mileage and the fact that it doesn't get driven much, I should change the accessories belt, and besides I was curious to see if my car suffered from a loose crank bolt too.. On a visit to the US, dropped by a Dodge dealer and ordered a bunch of stock parts to service the car. By the time I got home and checked everything, I saw that he had sold me a crank pulley too.. Figured it was an accident and that it wasn't worth the trouble of returning it. I had all the other usual suspects; the belt, a tensioner and the idler pulley.
Today, I took the airbox off and noticed that the crank pulley looked like it had a marker, which was odd.. on close inspection it turned out to be a monster crack. Removed the pulley and took the photo below (next to it is the new pulley, which incidentally looks a bit "beefier" on the edges..
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I thought "bless the parts guy" at least I had the correct part to fix this weird problem, and let's go on and finish.. when I also discovered the exact same crack on the power steering pulley..
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Anyone else seen this? I have googled the heck out of it, and found nothing on the Gen-3s... Is it worth swapping out all the other pulleys and going for some aftermarket underdrive pulley kit? I don't really trust any of the other pulleys on the car, even though they look fine.. The belt looked brand new when I took it off too! The crank bolt is very tight, and the six bolts holding the crank pulley were tight, but came off relatively easily... The only issue was that when the car was cold, the power steering would jump within the first 60 seconds or so of the car heating up, like as if the belt was slipping.. now I know why..
Ideas on how to fix this; go stock or aftermarket?
Thanks!