worn shaft?

good-day to you all, another little problem with my rrc that believe it
or not i've only just noticed is the crank pulley...it is fitted
squint..nut is tight on so must be a worn shaft? if nut comes loose then
i've heard this can be a result, my question is...would a repair with
epoxy metal stuff to take out the wear on shaft work? has anyone done
this?..i've not taken the pulley off yet as i need the vehicle every day
and powersteering etc seems to work ok with squint pulley...low speed
engine vibe is not too bad and not noticeable at higher revs
saga of bad starting continues too...more news soon
cheers folks..steve

rangerover 200tdi
s11a station wagon (transit power)?

On 2005-01-14, steve <[email protected]> wrote:
> good-day to you all, another little problem with my rrc that believe it
> or not i've only just noticed is the crank pulley...it is fitted
> squint..nut is tight on so must be a worn shaft? if nut comes loose then
> i've heard this can be a result, my question is...would a repair with
> epoxy metal stuff to take out the wear on shaft work? has anyone done
> this?..i've not taken the pulley off yet as i need the vehicle every day
> and powersteering etc seems to work ok with squint pulley...low speed
> engine vibe is not too bad and not noticeable at higher revs

I had exactly the same problem on my 200TDi Range Rover.

The pulley is held on the shaft by a Woodruffe key. Pulley bolt comes
loose because it hasn't been loctited, pulley works loose and rocks
about on shaft, causing wear to both shaft and key.

You need to dismantle this now and take a good look at the components
before the key shears off altogether and the pulley starts to rotate
on the crankshaft. If this happens, the wear will be considerable -
this happened to mine and I ended up having to replace the crankshaft.
If the wear isn't too bad you might get away with a new damper and key.

Bodges with epoxy are just that, and will come back to haunt you
eventually IMHO.

-- Pete (remove '.dot' to reply)