86 compressor orientation
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86 compressor orientation
Working on an 86 and found compressor belt worn on outside edge. Compressor front rear location is none adjustable seems like harmonic balancer has been removed in the past. Does the compressor pulley have an orientation need to make up a few Mm for it to align. Rather not have to remove the front pulley if that is not causing the problem, any suggestions?
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If the shoulder washer that fits on the crank inboard of the pulley is the wrong way round I understand that can induce some unwanted phenomena but to check for that the pulley would have to come off. Maybe some of the chaps will have other suggestions easier to deal with.
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That's the one. Having not made that mistake I have no personal experience of the consequences- seem to remember a thread where someone had this problem and that created consequences.
Whether or not this is the root cause of your problem remains to be seen. By all means got some more opinions on the matter- just a suggestion at this stage.
Whether or not this is the root cause of your problem remains to be seen. By all means got some more opinions on the matter- just a suggestion at this stage.
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I swapped it, I did measure it distance is equal on both sides and weights were on the outside originally.
The complaint was a noise I found the fan pulley loose pulled it out and found one side reamed out. The fan bracket when mounted sits between the rear and center pulley. The fan is connected to the power steering pump, is it possible that a water pump with a thicker casting is installed no way can I account for this from what I observed so far.
The complaint was a noise I found the fan pulley loose pulled it out and found one side reamed out. The fan bracket when mounted sits between the rear and center pulley. The fan is connected to the power steering pump, is it possible that a water pump with a thicker casting is installed no way can I account for this from what I observed so far.
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The Cooling fan belt originally shared the Air Pump for tension adjustment, (guessing your Air Pump was removed)
The PS Pump should be a stand alone belt.
Get a short 20 or 21" belt (Roger@928sRus) has them and run that from the Crank to the Fan, then get the correct belt for the PS pump.
I did this one last week on an 86.5 that hasn't run in over 12 years
.Dave K