Time to replace the crank pully?

[jonscheer92]

I heard a squeaking from my engine the other day and after investigating I think its coming from my crank pully , see the video I took. The belts look fine and the other pullies look good too, but the crank pully looked a little wobbly to me and the noise seemed to get louder the closer I got to it. This the first car I've really put effort into self-maintaining so I'd appreciate any feedback.

Since I think the crank pully is the issue I tried going to mopar.com to get the part. But trying to navigate mopar.com is driving me nuts. I put in my truck build and it says 0 parts available, I put in a completely different random truck and it still says 0 parts available. But when I put in my VIN I can see parts, but it won't let me select my e-torque engine, just the 3.6 or 5.7 options. I'm assuming that this is the part I need since the notes line says "e-torque."

Has anyone replaced their own crank pully before, is it that hard of a process or is it just as simple as "pully out pully in?"

 

[Bt10]

You may need a puller, probably Harbor Freight will be good enough for light frequency. My pulley also wobbles, but haven't looked any farther. Install with a longer bolt to draw it down slowly and keep checking that it's going on straight. You'll need to check a manual for details, torques, etc, but it is a straight forward press.

 

[jonscheer92]

Thanks, I wasn't sure if there were any other things I needed to know before i start pulling things off, like with the belts. I read in another thread that if you pull off the water pump belt you're supposed to replace it rather than put the old one back on because its a "stretchy belt," I would have never known that unless I had read that thread.

 

[kapinallinen2]

Thanks, I wasn't sure if there were any other things I needed to know before i start pulling things off, like with the belts. I read in another thread that if you pull off the water pump belt you're supposed to replace it rather than put the old one back on because its a "stretchy belt," I would have never known that unless I had read that thread.

Did not know that, now I do.

 

[Bt10]

Well, you couldn't make up that tool name....