My 2001 FSM has a torque spec of 217 ft-lbs for the crankshaft pulley bolt on the 5VZFE. But here's the weird thing, that's if you look in the engine mechanical (EM-22)section. If you look in the service specs/torque specs (SS-14)section it shows a torque spec of 184 ft-lbs for the crankshaft pulley X crankshaft.

So what's going on there you ask? Well Mike @ ORS told me that the early 5VZFEs had a problem with the crank bolt loosening up from the factory, so they increased the torque spec to 217 ft-lbs. Now it appears to me that Toyota paper pushers changed the spec in one spot of the FSM but not another. To make matters worse I've heard that this lower (wrong) spec is what is on the computer system used by most shops!

I've seen more than a few people lately over on Yotatech with their crankbolt coming loose on the 5VZFE and is seems most have had thier timing belts replaced in the last year or so. What is really sad is that the very people who are trying to take care of their engines by replacing the timing belt are the ones getting burned by this IMHO wrong spec.

I'll share one more thing that Mike told me, they check that the crankbolt is torqued to 217 ft-lbs on any 3.4swap they do and if the bolt moves while checking they remove it and apply red-loctite and retorque it.