My parts arrived today. The newly made crankshaft pulley among other things. I'm a little perplexed though as it's kinda banged up a little. There are at least 3 fairly significant "cuts" or short grooves right into the outer edge. On at least one of them, the small piece of metal that got removed from that spot is still hanging off the underside like a burr.
What happened here do you think? It sure didn't seem like something that would have happened during shipping as the box was not damaged and everything inside was pretty well packed. Is there a reason these little cuts need to be in the pulley? I can't think of any. It just looks to me like it got unnecessarily damaged somehow. I'm not super thrilled with the idea of putting it on my car the way it is. Not with the amount of work needed to remove the one on my car... that is coming off because it's damaged. Not to mention this part was not cheap, nor were the rest of the things in my order.
Thoughts? Suggestions? Pictures of your own pulleys or if you also bought a new one whether yours looked like this too? Thanks.
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