crankshaft pulley on TD5

hello everybody
My defender TD5 is at the agent workshop for a series of works and general maintenance and one of them was to change the belt. My mechanic told me that I have to change the crankshat pulley. He showed me , using a sort of long crobar, some play in a sort of damper on the engine side.
As the damn thing cost 1000 euro according to him and as it is built with damper i have 2 questions;
Does anyone have his sort of experience before?
If such a thing has to be changed can't it be fixed by changing the damper or whateverever part could be damaged.

I do not not know if I made myself clear but I hope so

awaiting for your comments
all the best Bernard form Suriname

crank pulley does contain a damper it comes in 2 peices inner part with belt grooves on it and outer weight it should be springy not loose

jamesmartin said:

engine side is a damper with belt grooves on it ,it should be springy not loose

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thank you for the quick answer; do you know if it can be change or if there is parts for that ?
Bernard from Suriname

jamesmartin said:

crank pulley does contain a damper it comes in 2 peices inner part with belt grooves on it and outer weight it should be springy not loose

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thank you for the quick answer. It looks sringy alright... just checking if it can be changed or if there are spares for that.
all the best

Bernard forn Suriname

whats up with it ,wobbling about when running ?

jamesmartin said:

whats up with it ,wobbling about when running ?

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no i have not noiced anything and I am wondering if the mechanic supervisor is trying to pull a fast one on me.
In any case i am interested to know if such part can be fixed in case of problem
all the best

Bernard from Suriname

not really fixable ,hub that sits over crank is joined to pulley by rubber damper they can perish/crack causing pulley to become loose /wobbly /vibrate/knock as said should feel stiffly springy

jamesmartin said:

not really fixable ,hub that sits over crank is joined to pulley by rubber damper they can perish/crack causing pulley to become loose /wobbly /vibrate/knock as said should feel stiffly springy

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ok thanks for the quality of the info.
take care

Bernard from Suriname