RSS under pulley: can I reuse the crank pulley bolt? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

violametallic-S- · 08-03-2010, 11:26 AM

I've been postponing this install due to lazyness. Now it's time. I called rss to see If I could reuse my crank pulley bolt and I didn't really get a confident answer but he said for my year yes I can reuse it. Just wanted to know if anyone has reused it before without issues?

Thanks

Stroked & Blown · 08-03-2010, 11:30 AM

There was a writeup on here very recently covering this.
IIRC, they are not reusable. The bolt stretches when torqued to spec, similar to many head bolts.

AndyA6 · 08-03-2010, 12:08 PM

How about the belt, then? I guess that has to be changed as well, right?

eightsandaces · 08-03-2010, 12:53 PM

I have the RSS underpulley, I used the exact same bolt, I have driven the car in a very spirited fashion without any problem, as for the belt, it's a different size, replace the bearings in the rollers too, they are cheap at napa.

lbrown2009 · 08-03-2010, 02:30 PM

I reused my original bolt, no problems so far... that bolt looks like it belongs in a tank, how does it stretch?

violametallic-S- · 08-03-2010, 08:47 PM

I called Porsche and the part is like only 4 dollars so ill just switch it just incase. But I thought with the RSS UP you can reuse the same belt?

eightsandaces · 08-04-2010, 02:08 AM

[QUOTE=lbrown2009]I reused my original bolt, no problems so far... that bolt looks like it belongs in a tank, how does it stretch?[/QUO

Eggactly, I would only add mine was pristine, zero corrosion or thread corruption.

If anyone wants the roller bearing numbers or the gates belt number message me, I have both in my car log.