The Grond Chronicles : MADNESS MOD PARTY Nov 19th Florida!!
11-22-2006, 01:02 AM
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Originally Posted by diynoob
IMight go easier if you warm the pulley up?
The ambient temp would make no difference, as both the shaft and pulley hub would be at the same temp...but, my idea is to put the pulley in the oven, and heat it to maybe 150* or so before reattempting.
Aluminum reacts (expands) rather well with heat, so I'm thinking this will work.
A (relatively) low temp like that won't affect it materially, and since it will be heated uniformally, shouldn't warp. It probably won't be hot enough to just drop it on, but if the pump shaft is at say a 40* ambient, it should make pressing it on significantly easier.
We did heat the hub on the stock pulley with a propane torch after busting off the plastic. It helped a great deal in removal....and no, I didn't mess up the seal.
As a mechanic, I'm familiar with shrink fits, and heat (steel) bearings and gears up all the time to install.
But, I'm not familiar enough with the aluminum properties to know the safe temp limit to do this.
11-22-2006, 01:04 AM
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And, yes...it's rather obvious which direction it goes on, since it has to line up with the idler pulley right next to it....if it were reversed, it would stick out way too far and not even be close to lining up once seated.
11-22-2006, 06:41 AM
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Looks good guys. Wish I could have helped out more but Uncle Sam said I had to go back to work.
EG - Are you going to take some video of it running so we can hear the finished product?
EG - Are you going to take some video of it running so we can hear the finished product?
11-22-2006, 07:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Arcane1
Looks good guys. Wish I could have helped out more but Uncle Sam said I had to go back to work.
EG - Are you going to take some video of it running so we can hear the finished product?
EG - Are you going to take some video of it running so we can hear the finished product?
11-22-2006, 08:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Y2Kvert4me
Exactly my thought.
The ambient temp would make no difference, as both the shaft and pulley hub would be at the same temp...but, my idea is to put the pulley in the oven, and heat it to maybe 150* or so before reattempting.
The ambient temp would make no difference, as both the shaft and pulley hub would be at the same temp...but, my idea is to put the pulley in the oven, and heat it to maybe 150* or so before reattempting.
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11-22-2006, 11:14 AM
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Reassmbly is continung...Rockers and pushrods are in, motor rolls over nicely. Plugs are in, valavecovers are on.
Car will be running by evening.
11-22-2006, 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Y2Kvert4me
Pulley is on. We heated it in the oven to 200*, and got a better install tool from Advanced. Went on relatively easy with normal sized wrenches.
Reassmbly is continung...Rockers and pushrods are in, motor rolls over nicely. Plugs are in, valavecovers are on.
Car will be running by evening.
Reassmbly is continung...Rockers and pushrods are in, motor rolls over nicely. Plugs are in, valavecovers are on.
Car will be running by evening.
11-22-2006, 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Y2Kvert4me
Pulley is on. We heated it in the oven to 200*, and got a better install tool from Advanced. Went on relatively easy with normal sized wrenches.
Reassmbly is continung...Rockers and pushrods are in, motor rolls over nicely. Plugs are in, valavecovers are on.
Car will be running by evening.
Reassmbly is continung...Rockers and pushrods are in, motor rolls over nicely. Plugs are in, valavecovers are on.
Car will be running by evening.
The Advance pulley installer tool is nice, but I had to cut off the end of it to get the threads right. After that it just went right on. And I would imagine with how cold it is outside a 200 degree aluminum pulley would go on there like butter! 
11-22-2006, 07:23 PM
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