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Old Jul 21, 2017 | 12:23 PM
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Default Re: Smaller water pump pulley

Originally Posted by chuK_138
I have an aluminum 115mm water pump pulley I cut myself. Still plenty of meat left on the sidewall to trim off 2-3mm off the diameter. I ran it for a few weeks and cut a smaller one, but it made about 15 passes at the track and spun true. You can see the belt mark on the pic attached.
I hope it is made better than the LET pump pulleys, they failed quickly due to the rads being too small, the bolt faces shattered as well.
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Another case of the quick buck being more important than part testing, some members forgave the maker for the poor design.
Aluminum is a cheap and easy material to machine, but it is prone to failure much sooner, see the aluminum SC pulleys for more proof.
 

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