Two split drive belts, engine fire, crankshaft pulley out of place. Help!

[djnoir]

The other day I started up my 93 ATX. Noticed a strange slapping sound, so I popped the hood and noticed my drive/serpentine belt was split a little bit, so I hopped back in to shut off the car, by the time I did the belt snapped completely. So I replaced it, drove the next day. On my way home from a movie with the girlfriend, I heard kind of a popping noise, so I raced home, and popped the hood. Was confronted by my new belt being broken, and a small fire near the power steering pump. I grabbed a jug of water and poured the fire out quickly. I pulled out the battery/tray today and removed the split new belt, and luckily found no serious damage from the fire. However I noticed my crankshaft pulley is sitting far too close to the engine, and is therefore out of line with the other pulleys. How do I deal with the pulley? Is there a simple way to adjust it back in line? Or do I need to actually pull it off and replace it. I'm seriously lost here.

 

[kevinspann]

Replace it. The outer part has separated.

I have a couple

 

[djnoir]

Should I go for a brand new one? And how much work/effort/money will it be to replace the pulley?

 

[kevinspann]

Shouldn't be too hard.

Remove the belt, jack up the car and remove the tire, and maybe the plastic inner fender. You'll see a big bolt in the middle of the pulley, remove that, then use a pulley puller to take off the pulley. Then install the new one and torque the bolt to 150 or so ft/lbs. Install the belt and anything else you took off.

New crank pulleys for the ATX shouldn't be too expensive...

 

[djnoir]

Thanks so much for your help man. Ill post updates.

 

[ShadetreeSHOguy]

If Kevinspannnn slacks, I have one too

 

[djnoir]

Turns out the harmonic balancer actually moved so much that it was rubbing on the timing chain cover, which due to friction, is what caught on fire.
New harmonic balancer is now on, and it's been perfectly fine since then.
God, I was scared when I saw the billowing smoke out of the engine, thought I'd lose my SHO. And they're hard to find up here. Thanks for everyone's help!

 

[firstgen89sho]

There are still a few of them around up here, just have to know who to ask..... lol

also if you are looking for parts there are a few of us who have junked a few SHO's and have some spares