Do they need to be in the same plane? My old Corvair's fan pulley
(air-cooled car) and crank pulley were not only in different planes, but
on different axis ;-)
On Thu, 3 Aug 1995, Keith B. Thompson - Sun wrote:
>
> hi,
>
> my latest tr250 problem (actually it's always been like this but
> i'm just now getting to it) is that the pulley on my water
> pump does not seem to be on the same plane as the crankshaft
> pulley. i have not taken the water pump apart because i would
> not know what i am looking for. i'm assuming that all these bits
> should be one the same plane? everything works but if figure
> this is not good for the bearings etc.
>
> one thought has been that the alt. really the one off and should
> be one the front side of the bracket that hangs off the engine
> block. that would put it closer to even with the water pump but
> off (i think) with the crankshaft? my manual has a drawing with
> the alt in front of the bracket and a picture with it behind it!?
>
> i guess i'm asking two things. where should the alt. go? and
> (if the water pump is off line) what should i be looking
> for?
>
> thanks,
>
> kbt
>
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