Crank Pulley Balancing

[richemj]

During my attempts to seat my fan housing after efforts to better align the fan in the housing on my '84 3.2L (good thing it turned out to be loose nuts not bad shaft bearings) it appears that I caught the bottom lip of the housing on top of the inner lip of the crank pulley (for the fan) with the result of ever-so-slightly distorting the pully inward some. The question to you fellas is 1) would this slight distortion cause vibration on the pulley shaft? and if so 2) would even the slightest bit of vibration over time cause serious issues with case bearings or what not? Understandibly, the pulley rotates quickly, but the mass of the distortion outside of normal true is very slight. I really don't want to try to pry it back into place with a screwdriver in hopes not to bend the pully shaft any. I then thought of filing it back closer to normal true careful not to take too much off to make it underbalanced. Would that help any?

Thoughts?

Many Thanks!

[Flat6pac]

If the fan bottom is outside the crank pulley the fan isnt set correctly. Loosenthesurround band and the screws holding the plug wires, push the housing forward to seat properly. A screwdriver between the crank pulley and the fan housing while you tighten the band will work.
Bruce

[richemj]

Thanks....Gotcha on that. Its set correctly now. Issue at hand is that the first time I set it, it was in the position as you described, and upon tightening the band, the lip of the housing deflected the inner lip of the pulley. Any comments on potential vibration?