Anyone try to invert the air pump pulley?
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Anyone try to invert the air pump pulley?
To clarify...what I mean is to invert the actual pulley on the airpump so that it would line up with the second pulley on the crank instead of the third pulley its currently running off of?
Do you think it would line up?
And for all those who are going to chime in here with useless crap like: why do this, or just ditch the air pump, etc...
I'm doing this so I can get a second belt on the alternator, and still keep my air pump.
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Do you think it would line up?
And for all those who are going to chime in here with useless crap like: why do this, or just ditch the air pump, etc...
I'm doing this so I can get a second belt on the alternator, and still keep my air pump.
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if it would line up then you should not have any problems id say go for it and let us know how it goes. you cannot hurt any thing by doing this.
yea and F all of you people with useless crap replies
yea and F all of you people with useless crap replies
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Originally Posted by MRX_Rotary
Couldn't you just get a longer belt to go around the alternator, airpump, and waterpump?
If the belt were to touch all the parts, it would be in this order
-alt-waterpump-mainpully-airpump then back to alt.
Not even sure if that would work... lol
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What you'd have to check is that the spacing would be proper with the pulley reversed, it's not automatic that it will. Then you'll have to take into consideration that you'd then be underdriving it, as the front pulleys are smaller.
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Originally Posted by sunshine
I'm doing this so I can get a second belt on the alternator, and still keep my air pump.
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Originally Posted by NZConvertible
Why would you bother with that? Alternator slippage is not a problem because the belt contacts nearly half the pulley's circumference.
I've been chewing thru a bunch of alt belts. They sqeek for a day, and then they snap in half.
I'm using a brand new Gatorback belt, stock size, with the FD alt bottomed out on top of the waterpump housing. I'm using the double Higgi pulley. Its properly tensioned - deflecting about 1/4 inch at the longest part.
I've tried everything to troubleshoot this problem, including getting the alt tested. Everything checks out fine.
Thats why the last thing I can thing of is to put another belt on the pulley so that the contact patch is doubled.
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Originally Posted by sunshine
I know thats what the majority opinion is...but I AM getting alternator slippage!
I've been chewing thru a bunch of alt belts. They sqeek for a day, and then they snap in half.
I'm using a brand new Gatorback belt, stock size, with the FD alt bottomed out on top of the waterpump housing. I'm using the double Higgi pulley. Its properly tensioned - deflecting about 1/4 inch at the longest part.
I've tried everything to troubleshoot this problem, including getting the alt tested. Everything checks out fine.
Thats why the last thing I can thing of is to put another belt on the pulley so that the contact patch is doubled.
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I've been chewing thru a bunch of alt belts. They sqeek for a day, and then they snap in half.
I'm using a brand new Gatorback belt, stock size, with the FD alt bottomed out on top of the waterpump housing. I'm using the double Higgi pulley. Its properly tensioned - deflecting about 1/4 inch at the longest part.
I've tried everything to troubleshoot this problem, including getting the alt tested. Everything checks out fine.
Thats why the last thing I can thing of is to put another belt on the pulley so that the contact patch is doubled.
-a
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Originally Posted by Parastie
Then you're problem is the altenator, not the belt. You need to make sure it's lined up correctly with everything else and that it spins freely.
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Isn't there supposed to be more then 1/4" deflection on most belts anyways? I don't see how slippage is snapping multiple belts. My Accord used to slip on the power steering every day until the engine was warmed up, and I never replaced that belt in the two years I owned it (might be a different type of pulley though).
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Originally Posted by sunshine
done and done.
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