2.9 Pulley Install w/pics

[LSJ PUP]

Well, I spent about 2 days trying to get this thing done. I took the pulley to my dealership on Friday and sat there for 5 hours. About an hour after I was there, my lead tech came out to me and said they couldn't get it off so I told him they need to remove the SC. He looked at me real quick and then walked to the mechanics bay again. He came to me a few hours later and said that someone will finally take on the task of removing the SC. I was like..."ok" An hour after that I saw my car come around and he told me they couldn't remove it and I should bring it to wherever Alpha had his removed.

To make a long story short, we spent about 5 hours yesterday putting it on and it looks damn nice.

[Sp00ner]

Why didn't you just rent a puller/installer?

[LSJ PUP]

Originally Posted by Sp00ner

Why didn't you just rent a puller/installer?

lol, we tried but were unsuccessful at that. The best tool we could get was the 3 prong pulley remover, but that did not work. Evidently my dealership tried that too judging from the very minor damage on the pulley. Hopefully I will never need a puller/pusher again.

[AlphaJaguar5]

Dude, We tried EVERYWHERE!!! No place around here had one to buy or rent.

[Sp00ner]

Looks good though, it was done with a press, so who cares.

I had to rent it mail order. ZZ Performance.

[lancer]

Originally Posted by Sp00ner

Looks good though, it was done with a press, so who cares.

I had to rent it mail order. ZZ Performance.

That's where I got my puller. Took about 30 minutes taking my time, to remove the pulley, put the new one in and change the belt. That's on my 3800 s/c.

[AlphaJaguar5]

Yeah we dont plan stuff out like that. We just assume whatever we have will work.lol. but it was fun even though I wasted my ENTIRE gas tank on that retard and all he bought me was my chicken caesar salad at dinner.

[LSJ PUP]

Originally Posted by AlphaJaguar5

Yeah we dont plan stuff out like that. We just assume whatever we have will work.lol. but it was fun even though I wasted my ENTIRE gas tank on that retard and all he bought me was my chicken caesar salad at dinner.

lol. He's gotta point. I had a blast watchin my buddy work on it. I did do one thing though. I was able to change the spark plugs myself with a little help from Alpha. We seriously drove about 150 miles yesterday. Maybe more.

[AlphaJaguar5]

Originally Posted by LSJ PUP

We seriously drove about 70 miles yesterday. Maybe more.

70!?!?!?!?! Are you F*$king kidding? I drove almost 200!!

[LSJ PUP]

I have a question for anybody that knows their stuff. When we installed the 76mm idler pulley, the 2.9 and the idler were not in sync. The idler was off to the right instead of being dead center with the SC pulley. We decided to use the stock idler for now. Can I just use a washer or two to line them up or is there a more proper way to do this?