geekdude
New Member
so I got me a new crankshaft pulley and bolt for my 93 civic hatch with JDM D15 and I am putting it back together. The the internet say to put loctite on it and torque it down to about 180 lb/ft. The instructions that came with the bolt from honda say to oil the bolt and then torque it to 145 lb/ft and then back it off and put 20 lb/ft on it and then turn it about 60 degrees. Put the belts back on and start the engine and then let it run for 3 minutes. then to turn the bolt another 30 degrees. Is this process necessarily or beneficial? im moving to colorado soon so im going to be putting a lot of miles on the car and I don't want to be stranded in kansas somewhere. what ive done so far is wacked the pulley on with the handle of a sledgehammer and put loctite on the bolt and tightened it to about 100 lb/ft before my extension broke.