Re:E30 (325iC) Crank Pulley

[Dennis Henderson <dhenderson@xxxxxxxx>]

Keith,

I did the 3rd belt on my bimmer at 180K myself and it really wasn't so bad. 
I found it quite right to replace the water pump and clean the radiator and 
AC condenser. The temp sensor part of ny thermostatic fan was covered with 
dark brown goober and just wanted to be cleaned off.

The crank nut is there to hold on the crank timing belt sprocket with the 
mother of all death grips.  The pulley/damper/timing device indeed comes of 
in two pieces with the removal of 6 bolts. You can just slip the belt off 
and on again while looking with great relief at the six-sided, semi-welded 
protrusion of the crankshaft, knowing it stays right there....


89 325i   197k on the dial and runnin fine.

;)

Hendo


At 11:33 AM 2/8/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 21:39:54 -0500
>From: Keith Turner <kturner@domain.elided>
>Subject: E30 (325iC) Crank Pulley
>
>  It's time for the timing belt to be changed again.  I'm considering
>changing the belt myself and have already read through several online
>articles and my Bentley manual.  One thing which is not clear is how to
>determine which style crank pulley I have.   They both say to remove 6 bolts
>from front of crank pulley.  After that they add if you have the
>"early/late" (don't remember which off top of my head) style remove 30 mm
>fastener which has a torque spec of 302ftlbs!  I would like to determine
>which one I have *BEFORE* I'm staring it in the face with my radiator and
>other associated parts sitting outside my car.  By feel, I tried to
>determine if I had 6 bolts or 1 large fastener, but it felt like I had both.
>Anyone have a picture on the web maybe?  Or can someone describe the
>difference?
>
>Thanks,
>Keith

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