Primary Drive Pully
Primary Drive Pulley
Serious warning for everybody - Check the PRIMARY DRIVE PULLEY NUT, it can come loose - as in finger tight.... It can be spun off with fingers, no wrench needed.
This is a nut that's supposed to be torqued to 100 ft lbs and staked in place. I hate to think what would happen if it got loose. It's under a cover that's easy to get open to check this and there's no oil in it - I suggest everyone take a good look at this ASAP.
Its behind the round chrome cover on the left side of the motor just behind the floor board.
It has slotted vents, its the front pulley on your drive belt.
There isn't much involved in checking it. Six bolts hold the cover on, 4 short and two long (on the bottom). Let the cover hinge down so the wires aren't damaged. I forget what is located in the outer cover but those bolts do not have to come out. It takes a 30 mm socket for the pulley nut. Mine had loosened up since last summer. I used blue Locktite, torqued it to 100 ft lbs then staked the nut. The whole thing takes 15-20 minutes at the most.
To "Stake" the nut - There is a groove in the shaft that the nut goes on. The nut itself has a sort of lip on the outer side. I took a hammer and screw driver and made an indentation in the outer part of the nut to keep it from backing off after tightening it. That part of the nut seemed rather soft so it didn't take much of a tap on the screw driver with the hammer to "stake" it. It may call for a chisel to stake it. I am not sure. I had a screwdriver handy and it worked for the job with just a medium tap to bend the outer side of the nut into the groove of the pulley shaft.
