Originally Posted by
dinasrt
Chris, I got my alt. pulley today; thankyou. It was indeed a pleasure doing buss. with ya. I stared at the pulley so long that the hypnotic spiral that's machined on the back wall put me in a daze, lol.
It's a beautiful, top notch piece.
Nice to hear that you like my "art" : )
a note on install,
I have had repeated success at this holding the alternator shaft with a T50 (torx) bit and then using a 15/16" 6-point socket (welded to a junk wrench) to back the nut off .... UNTIL today ... when I snapped off the T50 (as the torque wrench it was held with passed 120 lb-ft) ... so I had to resort to the impact gun. No penalty for using the gun, it just requires that you unplug the fan connector, remove 2 shroud clips and ease out the fan shroud so you can get the gun in there. As an added precaution, I like to slip a piece of sheet metal (8" square or more will do fine) against the radiator so you don't bonk any fins over with the impact gun.
any questions, don't hesitate to call,
Chris