Drove home from work with a damaged belt and...

[AznGouki]

Sorry camelll I didn't mean to offend you man. I was just in a fritz and looking for a guide to fixing the seal on Crank. I appreciate everybody's input. Fact is I don't know what really caused the seal to break. The amount of tension that I put on the belt is no more than how much tension I have right now(dealer set it). But everything is good now and all fixed up.

[greatnowhere]

in the photos that you posted it appears that the cord from the failed belt wound around the crank behind the red pulley. if that bit of cord rotating with the crank was against the seal, i would think it would damage the seal in no time but just from looking at your pictures i would think that removing the pulley and replacing the seal would not be too hard. good luck
jim

[lunjiaow]

Congrats on fixing it. You should have replaced the seal yourself, would have saved yourself a lot of money and time.

[Tamago]

Originally Posted by camelll

Yep the dealer is gonna laugh at you when you say you want that covered under warranty, even though the seal was probably not seated properly from the factory or was just bad and the adding the compressor pushed it over the limit. You are the only blitz owner that has had this problem as far as I know.

I do not have the lite crank pulley installed on mine, even though a lot of people praise them and say they won't hurt anything, I don't like the idea of not having a dampened pulley. Keep us posted, I am curious how much the dealer is gonna charge to fix this.

in what way is the stock pulley dampened ?

[Tamago]

Originally Posted by camelll

In what way is it not dampened?

it's a solid piece of metal.

[Tamago]

Originally Posted by camelll

You cut it in half and look at it, better yet if you can prove it to me that it is not dampened I will give you a brand new NST lite crank pulley!

what is it dampened with, rubber?

[Tamago]

Originally Posted by camelll

Composite

lol

[Tamago]

Originally Posted by camelll

If you tighten the belt tight enough to mess the seal or bearings up in the crank, you would be lucky the engine would even turn over and if it did start it would certainly shred rather quickly.

did you miss the part where the belt got shredded?

[ChinoCharles]

Originally Posted by camelll

Yeah he could do that too, but I would make sure it is a trusted shop.

Well DUHHHHHH.