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A round shaped pulley is attached to the crankshaft by a bolt in the center of the crankshaft pulley that is located at the front or side of your vehicle's engine.
Subsequently, one may also ask, where is the crankshaft pulley?
The crankshaft pulley is bolted to the harmonic balancer and turns the belt, or belts, to operate other engine components like the alternator or air conditioning compressor. It is located at the end of the crankshaft near the bottom of the engine.
Beside this, how do I know if my crankshaft pulley is bad?
Bad Crankshaft Pulley Symptoms
- 1) Engine Vibrations. The first symptom that will likely come up are engine vibrations.
- 2) Alternator Failure. The crankshaft pulley is responsible for powering the alternator.
- 3) Power Steering Pump Failure.
- 4) Transmission Damage.
- 5) Irregular Idle Engine Speed.
The camshaft and crankshaft pulleys are directly attached to the engine (camshaft and crankshaft) and will only rotate if the engine is running or manually rotating the engine by placing a socket and breaker bar to the crankshaft pulley bolt.