Originally Posted by
fastblackmerc
Did you use the installation bolt that came with the Steeda pulleys?
Yep....
STEEDA supplies a different length (shorter) crank bolt.
They specifically instruct you to start installing the pulley with the longer OEM bolt, then remove the longer OEM bolt and then finish installing the pulley with the shorter STEEDA supplied bolt.
Your longer OEM bolt is bottoming out in the crank snout.
I'd clean up the threads by 'chasing' them with a tap, then clean the crank threads out with compressed air and then install the shorter Steeda bolt.
CORRECTION:
The 'install' bolt supplied by STEEDA is LONGER and the OEM bolt is SHORTER.
My memory sucks...I did this install about 8-1/2 years ago!
Last edited by Joe Walsh; 12-26-2013 at 12:24 PM.
Reason: Correction...my memory sucks!
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