What would u do about this ???????
 

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that ---- is rounded off... a family friend let me get the longblock for cheap as they just swapped in a nother one...

what would u do?? swap cranks ? fat weld and grind a new key?? THANKS!

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its not gonna strip the key out if you get a good key. i used to use steel stock to grind custom keys for briggs and strattons hitting 7k+ rpm, aluminum ones like to scatter with a backfire

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im sorry elaborate if u could... this is a d16z6 if it helps at all... are you saying i can fix that without too much trouble?? thanks

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id probly try somting stupid like weld/jb weld the key to the crank and or make another slot oposite it in the crank and pulley so u got a backup

or just leave it if the key still sits in there fine

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thats the thing, it was pulled because the pulley wouldnt spin ... i migged it and grinded it .. ill post up pics later

Ryan

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Hell a buddy of mine needed a motor to toss in his hatch for a few weeks and i had a motor where the crank was worse than this. It was rounded off really bad. We checked the timing on that bitch and welded the crank pulley on and called it a day :8. The damn thing is setting back in my garage now and ran good when it was pulled back out of his car.

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Your pics are ----.

If the groove is too rounded just open it up a little so that it is square again, and do the matching procedure on the pulley. Then just make a new key out of some scrap.

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Or go to a Home Depot...the one by me now stocks woodruff keys. My friend's b17 was rounded off as well. I just set the key in there and torqued the pulley bolt down hard to make sure it didn't move. Only thing it'll really mess up is your timing marks.