Thread: Lower Pulley Assembly Sheared Off. 1982 300TD
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Old 05-21-2012, 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by kerry View Post
No. There are accounts of second failures after replacement so in my opinion pre-emptive replacement is unwise. A few chicken sacrifices to the gods are probably a good substitute.
Absolutely agree with Kerry - leave well alone.

I tried to get to the bottom of why these things go wrong here

Research - Why so many OM61X balancer failures?

Unfortunately there's nothing so simple like gardening in the moonlight to cure all evils. So you may as well toss the chickens into the abyss.
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