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Originally Posted by 20vcqdriver
Afraid not, not on the I5 as if you look at the drawing the Big bolt goes through both the vibration damper AND the pulley. So the 4 small bolts are just used to locate the pulley to the damper and the big bolt used to attached the damper and pulley to the crank. Its a pain but it has to come off I'm afraid  |
No, it really can be taken apart-I mean, otherwise the vibration damper/pulley would be bolted metal to metal to the crankshaft, and wouldn't dampen any vibration.
Anyone with easy access to one want to confirm? I can't get to car today.
I noticed this when i was changing mine. It would be a whole lot easier to do a change. I'm not convinced those 4 bolts would be undone by a 12 year old, and may well snap or round off, but if you have to take the front off as an alternative/anyway, you are not losing much if you have to drill them out on the bench-as you will then have to remove the big bolt anyway!
