Pulley alignment

[larrym]

so I have been battling a squeaky belt at start up 2 new belts great at first but after a couple trips the squeak is back. I checked my pulley alignment and it looks like the water pump pulley is about 1/8th farther out than the crank pulley. Is there a shim kit for the crank pulley available?

 

[earlbrown]

The correct fix would be to press the water pump pulley flange into he correct place. When I built my last engine I had to pull it .069" to make it true.

 

[chopped39]

Did you check the battery? Under charged battery at start up can cause that. The tensioner feel OK? You dont want to move the crank pulley out. What earl said I have seen as well

 

[larrym]

So measure and figure how much I need to move the shaft pull the water pump set up the the press mark the shaft and press the shaft into the water pump.
It's a fairly new pump.


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[earlbrown]

I've only checked two pumps for perfect alignment... both of them were off. In my cases they were both pressed on too far so a minute with a gear puller fixed me up.

 

[larrym]

So I'm pressing the shaft into the housing "gigity"

 

[earlbrown]

^that's what they're for!

 

[larrym]

and you had to pull out no wonder I got 4 kids.............