You skipped the part about what you did. What were the "pointers" that were given to you? Fingers crossed is a bunch of B.S.; we shouldn't need pointers,cross our fingers, or have to monitor whether our spacing has changed or not. Install is about as simple as it gets. My experience w/ the new pulley is pretty much the same as ModlessG, although I feel that I'm getting a slight harsh engagement at times(binding maybe?). Do these things need to break-in? Other than that, I'm loving the added boost.