Masato

Hello all. I'm in the process of replacing the timing belt and water pump on my 99 Taco and chipped a small piece off the crankshaft pulley when I was trying to pry it off. It's a small piece (maybe 1/2 inch long and 1/4 inch at the deepest point - almost looks like a smiley face) and my gut tells me that even though its a pretty small chip, I'd be best to replace it. Any idea if there would be any serious issues if I were to reuse it? I'm in a fairly remote town so parts availablility isn't the greatest and its a fairly long drive to civilization. Also, is this one of those parts that is best replaced with OEM from the stealership or can a jobber part do? I'm thinking its a cast piece so how different could they be? Of course this could just be an indication of how little I know of castings... Any thoughts?

delio

you could always braze it or silver solder and it should be good..if you install it without it might be out of balance..just a thought..goodluck

MAIS0N

You wouldn't happen to be talking about the Woodruff Key, would you? I'm guessing not but it does have a smiley profile.

Is the pulley off? How about some pics? I would guess that depending on the location & size of the break that you could get by beveling any sharp edges so that it doesn't wear the belt.

Be careful prying on that pulley. It has a rubber isolator between the crankshaft & the outer pulley to dampen vibrations. It can be damaged. I just had mine off. It took a lot of wiggling but finally slid off.

SCRUED

Replace it with URD crank pulley. I believe it's cheaper than factory, and gives you some performance gain.

toyotabull

My thought would be if it rotates and its missing a piece from it, then I would replace it because it could make it vibrate because of missing weight, and eventuall could ruin a bearing or worse let the crankshaft break, but just my thought.

interested2meet

ive done the same thing, ive just ran it with no problems at all. but if you got the coin wouldnt hurt to get a new one.

Masato

URD Pulley... I didn't even think about that. Dealers here in my neck of the woods are asking close to $600 new. Toyota of Dallas is about $300 but I'm not sure how customs and shipping to canada work and there's not much at the boneyard. Are essentially all of the 5VZFE's the same or are there some difference albeit minor across the model years and models themselves? It seems there are more wrecked 4Runners than Tacomas but I always wondered about compatibility of these parts. One would think they'd be the same so long as we're looking at a 3rd Gen runner and 1st gen taco.... Can anyone comment on this?

treeclimbingchad86

I got a 98 4 runner with a couple chips on the crankshaft pulley. just replaced all the belts and was wondering the same thing, but I also have an 03 tacoma (1st gen). they are exactly the same engine. very minor differences, but nothing that will affect compatibility.

mdrohman

I ran the pulley for two years without a problem at all then sold that 4Runner.

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f2/s...pulley-162635/