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Old 04-06-2010, 10:22 PM
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Question bad coupler cause harm?

hey guys sorry to post so damn much but having a bad coupler wjhich i do unfortunatley will it do harm to drive it alot like say 5 hours straight??or should i replace it before doing so
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You should replace it as soon as you can, but it wont hurt anything if you have to wait. It'* just a plastic disk with 6 holes. Those holes get a little over sized and there'* some slop.
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Pretty easy to replace in my opinion. Had mine off a couple weeks ago.
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I've seen many and all they do is egg the holes a bit. There'* no harm in not doing it other than having to listen to the noise.
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yeah the noise is kind of embarrising makes it seem to normal people that i have a rod knock ok just wanted to make sure i have a 5 hour drive to get my girlfriend i told her mom i would pick her up shes coming back from spring break in flordia to see her brother thanks guys im glad to know i can drive my bonne now rather than my gass hogging truck lol
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Yup, picture a donut (chocolate frosted) with six holes in it. Each hole rather small. Three of the holes are filled by the snout shaft and the other three are attached to a gear on one rotor (the other rotor is drive by the gear). The coupler is a very hard plastic that I've never seen break from any level of abuse and people have tried hard. The pins in the holes are always turning, therefore a little wear occurs...this tends to egg the holes enough that you can feel/hear it..but not necessarily see it. The egging causes noise, that'* all.

In a charger if the coupler was removed, the pins would rest on each other and still turn the charger.

If anything were to happen, you could simply remove the SC belt by cutting or tying out of the way and the car will still run and drive. You would be lacking the extra power from the charger, but the engine would still have plenty for you.
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You mean like this?



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Yes, that'* a coupler.
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yeah i knew what it is and i just needed to know if it would do any harm and i very much so appreciate the advice thank you
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