Ok… so it looks highly likely that the recent rattle and added bright metal chippings found yesterday around the pulleys on the F1 mean it will need a new crankcase pulley.
Have ordered a new one (and new belts) from AF, and a pulley holding tool from Jeff.
Advice on the forum is;
Don’t use impact tools - potential damage or worse to the crankshaft itself
Use the tool to hold the pulley, and even applied pressure with a breaker bar to loosen the bolt (heat on bolt?)
Old off, new on - big torque wrench out
add new belt - 24mm spanner to lever tensioner
Any other advice to try and make this job go as smoothly as possible?
(Haynes talks of all sorts of tools, and even removing the starter motor
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Happy days
Have ordered a new one (and new belts) from AF, and a pulley holding tool from Jeff.
Advice on the forum is;
Don’t use impact tools - potential damage or worse to the crankshaft itself
Use the tool to hold the pulley, and even applied pressure with a breaker bar to loosen the bolt (heat on bolt?)
Old off, new on - big torque wrench out
add new belt - 24mm spanner to lever tensioner
Any other advice to try and make this job go as smoothly as possible?
(Haynes talks of all sorts of tools, and even removing the starter motor

Happy days
