Steel grip compound is an easier method that works too.

HOW MUCH FOR THIS HOME?? I'M LOOKING FOR A HOME LIKE THIS ONE BUT I CAN'T AFFORD MORE THAN 325K, THANKS

Having this issue at the moment with my 2004 Sorento which is known as the #BudgetBuildTourer. Had to take it to the local mechanic (who's great, by the way and I highly recommend him - I'm in a small town in Western Australia) in order to get repaired and the harmonic balancer replaced due to wear which it appears as though we're currently waiting on parts from the nearest supplier which is an Auto One, although it seems as though the replacement bolt can only be ordered via a Hyundai/Kia dealer apart from eBay or Amazon. As I live pretty remotely, I'm lucky the issue showed it's head just on the outskirts of town and I was able to get back home, albeit without the alternator doing it's job or power steering assistance, as well as it wanting to stall every time I went to change gear. Going by other comments here it seems to be a common issue with the 3.5 litre V6 models in particular and I noticed the US had a campaign for replacement of the original brass bolt and black powdercoated washer used in assembly for what appears to be galvanised versions while I was searching for a replacement bolt to purchase. Here's hoping mine can be repaired by the time I need to start traveling to and from Perth for work.

Mark do you know where's the cave? Where he confronted the bikers?? Thank you very much

We checked this place out two days ago and it's pretty cool!

Great video!! Thanks for montaging this Info!

Bourne to be wild.

wonderful Mark!

I worked at the Jockey Club then, the entire cast and crew, including Eastwood and Locke, had stayed at the Jockey Club for the duration. Place is still there now just south of the Bellagio. While the crew was soaking in the hot tub, Eastwood was always lifting weight in the gym adjacent to it.

Hey Mark bought a 2006 for my wife had it less than a month and the bolt is broken off in the crankshaft will I have enough room 2 drill and work on it if I pull the radiator and fans

Hi I read your review of the Kia crank shaft issue on repair pal.com & I was soo impressed and so repressed in not being able to "like" it because I wasn't a registered user, that I had to come over here just to THANK YOU for your most excellent and detailed insight! Your review was the most helpful one on there and you deserve to at least know that! Thank you soo much!

God, i hate these vids with that stupid music.

Hi, Interesting idea, have you had any problems since doing this modification.

How do you hold the crankshaft or harmonic balancer in place while torquing to the recommended 130 lbs of torque? I haven't been able to find a tool to hold it in place was thinking about puyting my accessories (alternator, and ac) back on and tighten them down real tight...but just don't wanna have to tear it back down a 4th time...thanks in advance for your help!

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This is great!! Are you up the mast of the Catalina 38?

This was very helpful. For do-it-yourselfer's, I modified Mark's plan successfully, without having to remove the Shaft. I used cobalt drill bits in a pneumatic to create two new 3/8" holes into the drive shaft, without removing any engine assembly. Essentially, I took apart the front (cooling, belts, etc.) and of course, harmonizer. I drilled directly into the shaft, where the harmonizer meets it. Mark your points carefully, of course. The two new holes were matched with precision to the same two new holes that I also drilled into the harmonizer, drill press of course. I inserted two roll pins into the two aligned holes, torqued the bolt, and she's better than new. It worked very well, cost only $3.00 for the pins, and thank you Mark for the brilliant idea! I couldn't be more thrilled and relieved.

I was just there last week. Fun little place. We rode ATV's and went into the mining tunnels.

Mark, Thanks for sharing your ideas on fixing the Kia Harmonic Pulley issue. DO you know the size of the original bolt? Mine has not failed, but I would like to replace with the beefed up design. Can I use a grade oversized 5/8 bolt witout tapping the crank?

ARP fasteners actually makes a bolt that fits in place of 3.5l Sorento crankshaft bolt. It's for a Ford Duratech 2.0,1.8 Part number 251-2501. Torque to 140 ft/lbs using ARP's assembly lube. It hasn't come loose or broken in 2 years. I've also re-used it 4 times since then. 200,000 psi ARP vs a grade 8 at 150,000 psi.

Great did you use a locktite glue on the bolt as well ?

Thanks for the video and updates. I am dealing with this problem now with my mother's Kia. She just had the entire timing belt system replaced & I thought it was the mechanic's fault but now I see Kia has a big blame in the problem as well.

I guess I got to this one too late. Looks like a great house.

Why don't you have an aluminum pulley made?

I have been reading your attempts to correct this issue. And having recently purchased an 03 sorento without prior knowledge of this issue. I have an idea I am contemplating. Adding an extension to the crank, while modifying the pulley with a 'cup' that would distribute the forces involved to the crank, instead of a single bolt attempting to keep the pulley mated against the crank.

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15AUG16 Cap screws failed at 200,000. Had another new pulley and timing gear done with 4 - 1/4" roll pins installed. Still using a new oversized Grade 8 bolt. Hoping this will be the last fix. Torqued down to 150# with lots of Loctite Red

hey Mark, I'm Parker. you don't know me. But Brian Peveler is my best friend in 5th grade. You raised him right

I'm Brian's best friend in 5th grade,well one of them

i was held up by ant man

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the law firm is suing Kia. contact them at [email protected]

All these parts can be made at your local machine shop. Auto zone is no help here

Where could I get these parts at? Could I find em at a auto zone?

Thank for the info....much appreciated.

Mark, Just like you I purchased a new Crank Sprocket (timing belt gear) and Harmonic Balancer and dropped it off at a local machine shop. The machine shop drilled and tapped the sprocket and drilled the harmonic balancer so they can be screwed\bolted together with the 3 cap screws exactly as your design. That will add strength and hopefully prevent the roll pin from being sheared off the crank sprocket . I felt that there has to be a way to keep the crank bolt from loosening. Below is what I have done as an added measure to keep that Crank Bolt from loosening. When you open the hood on the Kia and look down at the Harmonic balancer as it is all together you can see that the head of that crank shaft bolt is just about flush with the face of the harmonic balancer pulley. The key to keeping this entire crank shaft bolt\harmonic balancer nightmare failure from happening in the first place is keeping the crank bolt TIGHT and from ever loosening. If it does loosen just a little then that one small hollow roll pin now has 100% of the engine torque to turn the harmonic balancer that runs all your belts to make your AC, alternator, power steering function. Obviously way to much for that single roll pin! To be honest it is what I call a “Kia epic engineering failure” :-) I found that on the harmonic balancer pulley there are two holes that give access to the “meat” of the pulley itself. I drilled and tapped at the bottom of those two small access holes on the harmonic balancer pulley. So I can bolt what I call a “socket plate” to it that will NOT allow the crank bolt to loosen. To make this “socket plate” you just need a piece of metal plate and a 22mm socket. I went to a local tool supply store like Harbor Freight and bought a set of sockets with a 22mm in the set. I took the 22mm socket (preferably 6-point )and cut a hole in the metal plate of the outside diameter of the socket. Then welded it into the flat plate. I measured to make sure that when I welded the socket to the plate it fit over the crank shaft bolt and the plate sits flat on the “inner” face of the harmonic balancer. The reason for making sure it is only on the inner face is not to disrupt the “harmonic” hard rubber divider between the inner face and outer face of the pulley. Once you have put everything all back together with 150lb of torque on the crank shaft bolt then fit the socket plate over the crank bolt head then measure and mark on the socket plate face where the tapped holes are on the pulley. Drill those holes into the plate that you just measured and marked with the size bolt you drilled and tapped on the pulley and tighten “socket plate” down with two bolts and lock washers. One other thing to check when you have the engine torn down is to check to make sure there is no damage done to the timing sensor that sits behind the crank sprocket. If that sensor is damaged just a little from when the “Kia epic crank bolt failure” syndrome took place then you will have problems after its all back together. If you can afford it I would buy a new crank sensor if it looks to be damaged. I think they are under $100 I recommend replacing the water pump and timing belt if it has not been done very recently. Because if you have gone this far you will be kicking yourself if 6 months or 10 thousand miles down the road you find out your water pump is leaking or bad and you have to tear EVERYTHING back out again. I replaced timing belt, water pump, and the rest of outer belts (AC,power steering,and alternator)…. Because I have no desire to see the front half of that motor again for a long long time! My description and or instructions are not the best but I hope it will be helpful for anyone trying to fix their Kia. I will email you the pictures I have of the socket plate I made so you can possibly post them or include somehow on your youtube link to help folks out wanting to do what I did. So far the Sorento is rolling down the road rock solid!...... my son has the car and I told him if it fails again to donate it to be used as an Artificial reef somewhere in the Pacific Ocean ...... preferably the absolute deepest part of the ocean lol! Dan

Here is Dan's fix:my name is Dan Urquhart and I called and talked to about 8 months ago about my 2006 kia sorrento. I have had my kia sorrento just sitting until I had the time to start the project of replacing the pulley and bolt. I did read your latest post that the three additional roll pins sheared off and the bolt came lose so you no tapped the sprocket and put three cap screws with addition of the existing roll pin. So I did exactly the same thing but also came up with a additional method so the crank shaft bolt does not come lose. I have welded a 22mm socket to a steel plate and then drilled and tapped the pulley so I can bolt the plate with the pulley welded to it to prevent the crank shaft bolt to losen.

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The music ruined the sound of there movements. Its better to just hear the sound.

Brian got Baptized this past weekend. Thanks to all his friends family and past Sunday school teachers. Kristen Barr Pam Campbell, Audrie HillJoshua Hill, Diana Lee Peveler James J Peveler Dan Campbell Lois M Zachary Darren Peveler

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I don't have one of these vehicles but for what it's worth, I think the poor design will trump just about any fix out there. As you rightly pointed out the balancer is not supported at all by the crankshaft snout but only by a relatively small diameter (compared to a crank snout) bolt. It's not so much there are not enough pins or the lack of a woodruff key that's the main problem although adding them won't hurt and may help but there is simply too much stress on the unsupported bolt. As excessive stress on the crank bolt is the main problem, no solution seems to address this issue and, frankly, I don't see how it can be fixed short of a redesign to make it like a more conventional crank to balancer design. Nonetheless, good luck on any fixes you try.

It's funny how the DI's take the rifle at the inspection and they ask "What kind of toy is this!!!!??" and give it back.

haha I love how it starts off all sketch then gets good!! such a great, fun day :-)

Wedding of the Century!

what do you expect. this is HIGH SCHOOL. You know a place that they DONT ALLOW REAL GUNS. were lucky that they even let us have that.