Next Years Power Tour Car Part 2

[napa68]

OOOOPS, wrong car, wrong thread, thought this car was yellow!

[kwhizz]

So......One of the maintenance issues with the 2014 and older LSA engines is the Isolator coupler between the drive pulley and the rotors.......originally it was designed with a spring mechanism to cushion the force put into the rotors.......well...in theory it worked perfectly........the downside is that the spring wears into the shaft and makes a Rattling noise that's sounds like marbles being ground up inside the unit........GM changed to a composite solid coupler that does the job and it's Quiet.....

So.........I decided to work on the Chevelle today and replace the coupler which requires the snout removal......Everything went smooth till it was time to break the snout loose.....Didn't want to come off, so....rather than force it , I decided to remove the whole assembly from the engine to do it correctly.........more work, but I can sleep at night now..............Got it all back together and all the marbles are gone.....LOL



























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[kwhizz]

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[MarcDant]

Engine looks &amp; sounds very good, should move that vehicle effortlessly .Nice work.

[Xplantdad]

Click on the pic!

[kwhizz]

Had an issue pop up with the Chevelle and thought I would pass this along.......LOL.....It never ends.........On last years Good-Guys Road tour every so often when starting the car ..........there would be no response when the key was turned to the start position......hit it 4 or 5 times and it would start and run fine, other times it would crank over without starting, then after a couple of minutes it would start..........Hummmm!!!........Now, I have an Alarm system in the car that is set to disable the starter circuit with relays when the Alarm is on...........Hummmm!!!!.........So......over the Winter the car sat in the garage with a Trickle Charger on it, and recently I started driving it again........started and ran perfect went out for a drive and after about 45 minutes I was just pulling into the driveway and the car shut off..........Hummmm!!!!.....When trying to start it, again ....the same symptoms.........Pushed it in the garage and put the Battery charger on it and after charging, it would start and run perfect........Hummm!!!.......When driving it, the Voltmeter was showing charge, but not a high charge......(13 volts).....I know the ECM is set to not function in a low voltage situation........maybe that's why it would spin over and not start........Hummm!!!.....But.....I didn't understand why the Voltmeter was showing charge and yet the Battery would go dead....The car should still run even without the Battery.........Something Goofy going on here !!!!............I go and buy a new Battery and put it in...........Go out for a drive......Voltmeter is around 13 Volts and after 45 minutes of driving the car shuts off...........Open the Hood and I smell something ..........Hummm!!!!........Car would crank over but not start.......I sat there for a while,(had no choice as I was about a mile from the house)........After 10 minutes the car started and I made it to a local repair shop..........New Battery......Voltmeter showed charging.......and it quits!!!............Darn this car stuff is Hard !!!!!!!..........Told the guys at the repair shop not to call until they had it fixed........I explained the Starter inhibit built into the alarm system and told them if they thought that was an issue to remove the system..............So.....I get a ride home and 10 minutes later they call and said the car was fixed ................Typical me.....Making things a lot more complicated and involved than need be...........Alternator feed wire nut to the Battery loosened up.........the smell I smelled was the melting of the plastic conduit around the wire and nut where the resistance from the loose connection made a lot of heat.......Duhhhhh!!!.........The loose connection was enough to feed the Voltmeter , but not enough to send the Amps to the Battery for recharging........Hence the Battery going dead ...........

[earntaz]

Never ending battle for truth, justice and the American way ...

[njsteve]

What happens to all the little ground up pieces of metal from that internal snout coupling getting chewed up? Does it stay in that snout area or circulate somewhere more damaging? I imagine that after enough of it is created it just becomes a more aggressive grinding media that further escalates the erosion? How many miles did it take to get to that degree of damage?

[kwhizz]

Originally Posted by njsteve

What happens to all the little ground up pieces of metal from that internal snout coupling getting chewed up? Does it stay in that snout area or circulate somewhere more damaging? I imagine that after enough of it is created it just becomes a more aggressive grinding media that further escalates the erosion? How many miles did it take to get to that degree of damage?

This took about 14 K for that to happen.......Stayed right there in the case..........Eventually if not repaired with the new coupler it will take the bearings out........

Ken

[kwhizz]

Just when you think everything is going smoothly..........I was talking to Donnie at Frame-Up today about CV Joint drive shafts......He was talking about the inherent problem of the boots on the CV joint splitting allowing the grease to get out, and Dirt to get in.........When I get home I put the car on the lift and check it out.........Boot split and full of dirt.....Darn.......Pulled it out and sending it back to the Driveshaft Shop tomorrow to get it repaired......2-3 weeks till it gets back..........always something........


Kind of hard to see........But it's split......Grease gone........Dirt in.....