ltrain Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 You are correct, upon further inspection, it was indeed the crank pulley that started the hole mess. It will be at least Monday before I can get a new one, bleh. Thanks for you help and information. No worries. It's always nice to have good info. Good luck! -L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ltrain Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 If anyone has destroyed the AC wire harness in similar carnages the part# for this harness is: 73152AG000 "ADAPTER HARNESS" I will snap some pics of the crapped out crank pulley and harness for everyone's reference and post them later. -L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ltrain Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Here are a few pics that I took for reference: First I added a few notes to ABP_Tardis_42's original pic here: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/liblanket/Legacy%20Crank%20Pulley/CrankPulleyACDamage.jpg?t=1250541969 And here are pics of the Pulley. You can see where the rubber has deteriorated causing the inner and outer pulley rings to separate. This causes the pulley to wobble and throw the belts: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/liblanket/Legacy%20Crank%20Pulley/BadCrankPulley1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/liblanket/Legacy%20Crank%20Pulley/BadCrankPulley2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/liblanket/Legacy%20Crank%20Pulley/BadCrankPulley3.jpg This is the replacement AC harness I needed to replace because the old one was thrashed. I also had to replace the AC compressor as the harness side of that was crapped up as well. Unfortunately, you can't just replace the connector on the compressor, you need to get the AC compressor replaced! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/liblanket/Legacy%20Crank%20Pulley/ACHarnessPic.jpg Hope this helps someone in the future and I hope maybe Subaru will make this a TSB. As these car's are getting up in the years, I am wondering if this will be something we will be seeing more often. After replacing this mess, I strongly recommend LGT owners with around 70k on the odometer to check this. If anything, maybe that lightened crank pulley mod that you were considering may not be a bad idea after all. -L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaGe Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 well mark me down as a victim of this BS too. belt shredded, tore the A/C compressor harness and connectors, ate my timing belt cover, ripped my EGT Probe harness in two from the slinging debree, and i think that just about covers it. OTM. Sorry I didn't mean to start a war which mainly forum people is all about . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mars_volta Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Add me to the list. Fack. Need a special tool for this also? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottj Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 If I recall correctly, you just need just the usual metric sockets and wrenches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devobuzz Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Is there some preventative maintenance we can do like look at the pulleys while moving and noticing any wobble??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottj Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Get rid of the oem pulley before it falls apart and costs you $600 for a new AC compressor. If it's not broken now, it will probably break later. Why wait and risk it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottj Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 And If I had to guess, corrosion plays a part in causing the elastomer to separate from the pulley, so being in NJ... My car is from NJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brimfire Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Hah, you can definitely add me to the list. Pullet pulled apart, belt shredded the compressor and timing belt cover. Replaced timing belt, crank pulley, belt, and timing belt cover. Will wait on the compressor until the spring/summer since I seriously don't feel like hunting one down or paying $500 for a new one.Ugh.Failed at 88,XXX miles, BTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ltrain Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Hah, you can definitely add me to the list. Pullet pulled apart, belt shredded the compressor and timing belt cover. Replaced timing belt, crank pulley, belt, and timing belt cover. Will wait on the compressor until the spring/summer since I seriously don't feel like hunting one down or paying $500 for a new one. Ugh. Failed at 88,XXX miles, BTW. If you're from Philly, I just found 3 compressors at Venice Auto. Each for $150. I used Car-Part.com. -L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ltrain Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Add me to the list. Fack. Need a special tool for this also? I think the only special tool you will need is a 22mm socket and some sort of breaker or cheater bar to get enough leverage to get the crank pulley bolt free. Oh and a friend to give you a hand is a plus and of course a couple of standard metric sockets and wrenches. -L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mars_volta Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Put the car in 5th and yanked the parking brake. 6' of pipe took care of it. Now I can get on with my weekend..Bowling then football. http://www.sixthsphere.com/storage2/images/4pkpjt1v2274jyedv6.jpg http://www.sixthsphere.com/storage2/images/ofcztte5r9bhv3vkci4w.jpg http://www.sixthsphere.com/storage2/images/n5zjfqwj43exatwzjw2.jpg http://www.sixthsphere.com/storage2/images/y1jq0ziji00d59tpyllf.jpg http://www.sixthsphere.com/storage2/images/aw104y4usyhwh1rim3zt.jpg NASCAR approved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mars_volta Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Looks like this would NOT be covered with my Classic extended warranty. Funny, the keyway on the crank IS. WTF? Glad I just did it myself. What phone number do I need to talk with Subaru? I want to try and get my money back for the part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brimfire Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 Question; have you noticed a drop in MPG with the replaced crank pulley/belt? I wonder if it was the timing belt change or what, but my MPG has dropped like a rock this past week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mars_volta Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 Guess I haven't been paying attention. I'll check tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brimfire Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 If you're from Philly, I just found 3 compressors at Venice Auto. Each for $150. I used Car-Part.com. -L BTW, thanks for the info on that part! Next pay check I'll be making a call over to there to get my hands on one. Hopefully they'll still be in stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim1969 Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 would the crank pulley failure be covered by warranty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heedz Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 yeah same thing happened to my car seems like this is a common issues with the 05's but the dealer here said its not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisinky Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 Add me to the list. 65k, crank pulley wobbled, threw the AC belt, almost ruined AC wiring but might be able to save it, killed the timing cover. The upper/lower radiator hoses were soft so replaced them too... Belts Hoses Subaru coolant + "special sauce" Center timing cover Perrin Pulley $250... Waiting on the pulley, everything else is fixed up and ready to go... C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadajb Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 OK.. I am bummed. I am not car savvy but my story is similiar. Wife driving alone smelled a burning smell kept driving. Car dies on side of road. My guess serpentine belt. Well I look under the hood. Lo and behold, Belt off AC pully cut into timing belt cover and actually made contact with the T-Belt. Caused belt to jump 4 teeth according to my dealer... wait for it.... Valves bent/broken...in addition to the wear on the AC harness and destroyed timing belt cover. I need a new engine!! Dealer found me a used one with 60,000 kilometeres about 40,000 miles. New engine will have all new pulley and tensioners new crankshaft pully, new timing belt. 6 month warranty. Any words of advice on this $5500.00 Tax in repair. This is Canadian dollars. The exchange today is about 8% today $5,113.00 USD . I am really dissapointed in this hidden flaw!!! All this at 160,000km or 100,000 miles. FWIW I had an appointment to bring to the dealer for the T-Belt next week. Dealer confirmed crankshaft pully seperation failure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckS Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 Ok I have the same issue. How hard is this to replace, and is this also called the Harmonic Balancer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cincy05LGT Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 This exact problem jsut happened to me today. The main pulley looks shifted toward the radiator and the ac belt is off by 2 ribs. My AC is gone, due to the connector getting FUBAR'd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoloTSi97 Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Ditto here ... I haven't looked to see if the crank pulley is the culprit, but this thread makes me figure that's it. A/C harness is destroyed, so I'll be replacing the compressor as well. It did eat into the t-belt cover, but it doesn't look like it went far enough to contact the t-belt. I'll check the timing to be sure. Argh! Update: Yup, the crank pulley was to blame. I just finished installing my GMS lightweight aluminum crank pulley and new belts. I'll be taking it to the dealer this week to have a new compressor put in ... grr. Hopefully that'll be the end of that, and I suppose I had to start with the "mods" somewhere ... may as well start with the lightweight pulley. I threw in the short shifter & bushings when I ordered the pulley, so I'll get around to installing those one of these days ... DIY job to replace the pulley was very straightforward, requiring only standard tools. Took about an hour, including the time I spent chatting with my neighbor. -Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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