Belt alignment

I spent maybe 2-3 hours aligning all the belts/pulleys yesterday before I drop this BBC. Last night, I noticed the A/C belt just .010" from the water pump snout. I guess I will have to shim the water pump pully and the crank pulley out 1/8" and start over. Better now than in the car.:crutches:

Looks like it's an old issue. I missed this before. Dam.

Can a belt really make that kind of a groove in the pump?

SmokinBBC said:

Can a belt really make that kind of a groove in the pump?

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Yes.:suicide::suicide::suicide:

I'll have to get these crank and water pump shims from Moroso

And no Howard, not a chance in hell I am pulling the balancer out 1/8" to "make it work."
How the hell do you do that and get 65lbs of torque on that bolt anyhow if you do that?:bs: And what about the crank sprocket "floating?":quote:

Well, since you are having so much troubles, send that engine to me, and I can find a home for it here,.....maybe use it for a generator or boat, or vette, but I can figger out how to make it work.....

:devil::devil::chinese::friends:

mrvette said:

Well, since you are having so much troubles, send that engine to me, and I can find a home for it here,.....maybe use it for a generator or boat, or vette, but I can figger out how to make it work.....

:devil::devil::chinese::friends:

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Rich (Cherry) has a 454 Maark V with 1,000 miles on it. Call him. (Good price too)

big2bird said:

And no Howard, not a chance in hell I am pulling the balancer out 1/8" to "make it work."

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well, you should all know that ingenious repair came from a very well respected Corvette expert.....respected by a bunch of idiots but respected all the same.
:evil:

redvetracr said:

big2bird said:

And no Howard, not a chance in hell I am pulling the balancer out 1/8" to "make it work."

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well, you should all know that ingenious repair came from a very well respected Corvette expert.....respected by a bunch of idiots but respected all the same.
:evil:

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Is this the same world wide vette expert that says "It's ok to use a hammer on the crank gear and balancer" :quote:

:smash::smash::smash::smash:

kwplot34 said:

redvetracr said:

big2bird said:

And no Howard, not a chance in hell I am pulling the balancer out 1/8" to "make it work."

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well, you should all know that ingenious repair came from a very well respected Corvette expert.....respected by a bunch of idiots but respected all the same.
:evil:

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Is this the same world wide vette expert that says "It's ok to use a hammer on the crank gear and balancer" :quote:

:smash::smash::smash::smash:

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yep, one in the same.....speaking of hammers I believe he told someone to hit a front coil spring with a hammer to shorten it, hopefully the guy didn`t listen.....