knomadic
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Hey y'all, not sure if there's anyone in this forum that would be willing to help me but I think my 4runner is screwed. It's a 99 6cyl with 215k miles. Kind of a long story, but here we go...
So over a month ago, my crank shaft pulley fell out while driving. We took it to a local mechanic who totally shafted us. He had the car for a month, wouldn't answer calls, wouldn't update us on progress.....
when we finally got it back a few days ago, he told us he bought a new harmonic balancer but for some reason got a used bolt from a junk yard. When he tightened it to specs, so he says, he snapped the bolt. He then tried drilling out the broken bolt but damaged the thread doing so. He said he bought a sleeve kit to repair it but that didn't work, so he had someone re-machine the hole and put a larger bolt in. we're not sure we believe his story....
Soooooo...we finally got it back two days ago, drove it 30 miles, and the pulley falls right back off!!!! From what I had read, this should have been a simple fix. But now, I have no idea what this so-called-mechanic did. We called him to complain and he seemed not to care. And I live in a very rural area with no good mechanics, apparently. Thinking about diving into it myself. I am somewhat auto-savvy. I have been keeping up my honda civic for 12 years. I haven't had a chance to take a good look at it, yet, as it will require me to remove the fan, radiator and grill to work in there. When I get a chance to do that, I'll take photos. Can anyone enlighten me as to what I might be in for? Any advice? HELP!
So over a month ago, my crank shaft pulley fell out while driving. We took it to a local mechanic who totally shafted us. He had the car for a month, wouldn't answer calls, wouldn't update us on progress.....
when we finally got it back a few days ago, he told us he bought a new harmonic balancer but for some reason got a used bolt from a junk yard. When he tightened it to specs, so he says, he snapped the bolt. He then tried drilling out the broken bolt but damaged the thread doing so. He said he bought a sleeve kit to repair it but that didn't work, so he had someone re-machine the hole and put a larger bolt in. we're not sure we believe his story....
Soooooo...we finally got it back two days ago, drove it 30 miles, and the pulley falls right back off!!!! From what I had read, this should have been a simple fix. But now, I have no idea what this so-called-mechanic did. We called him to complain and he seemed not to care. And I live in a very rural area with no good mechanics, apparently. Thinking about diving into it myself. I am somewhat auto-savvy. I have been keeping up my honda civic for 12 years. I haven't had a chance to take a good look at it, yet, as it will require me to remove the fan, radiator and grill to work in there. When I get a chance to do that, I'll take photos. Can anyone enlighten me as to what I might be in for? Any advice? HELP!
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