Graham19922011
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I have an 06 4.6 and had some timing issues so we pulled the front cover and changed everything around. My issue according to some people I've called is from the crank pulley not being on super tight. So when we were reinstalling everything we went to put crank bolt on and tighten down and it would barely touch, so we beat on the pulley with rubber mallet until it was maybe 1/4 inch from the cover and then started tightening the crank bolt. The bolt would start out finger tight then get super hard so we slid a ratchet on and made a few turns then it became finger loose again. Then tight, then finger loose etc.. How hard are these cranks to strip? We pulled the bolt and it had no threads on it that came lose. The bolt looked okay and it was too late at night to go get a crank bolt so we didn't replace it. Are these cranks finicky? Will the bolt strip way before the crank threads? We didn't really wanna get it super tight without knowing one way or the other.