[mkiv] Drive Pulley woes

[Bob]

Thanks to all you guys who answered and commented on this issue, which I 
know is no big deal in the world of Dawg issues that come up. I had no idea 
that it was such a relatively commonplace failures, however.

I initially thought the belt was stretched and planned to replace it this 
weekend since there was an occasional squeal when the AC was on and when 
turning a corner, so there *was* warning...I just interpreted it 
incorrectly.

I hope not to require that tap, but will keep it in mind just in 
case....thanks for the offer, Casey.

With time being an issue (my job consumes much of my life at the present) I 
didn't have time to research further and just ordered a stock pulley from 
Jay Marks. Too bad I can't read my email from work (firewalls, etc.) or I 
would've followed the advice to buy the BoostLogic unit. The Toyota pulley 
is no giveaway at $217 with our SOGI discount. Ugh.

...bob


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aaron Rountree" <aaron at dmonic-industries.com>
To: "'The MKIV.com National Mailing List'" <mkiv at mkiv.com>
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 8:32 AM
Subject: RE: [mkiv] Drive Pulley woes


> Mine started squealing when initially starting the car. I couldn't 
> pinpoint
> where it was coming from and it didn't last long enough to really trace 
> the
> noise. Then one day the outside ring just fell off on the ground.
>
> Aaron
> '93 T78
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mkiv-bounces at mkiv.com [mailto:mkiv-bounces at mkiv.com] On Behalf Of
> Marlon S
> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 10:16 AM
> To: The MKIV.com National Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [mkiv] Drive Pulley woes
>
> Were there any warnings signs before the pulley
> broke(ie, unusual noises from the engine bay) or it
> came without any warning?
>
>
> --- Casey Ausmus <knightsport2003 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>    Mine broke too. You'll find it's one of the few
>> but very common failures on Supra's. I replaced mine
>> with an Unorthodox Racing(Billet) pulley but I
>> wouldn't reccomend it even though it was the
>> cheapest and lightest alternative. I drive my car
>> everyday and the idle is a bit rough now. The SFI
>> approved dampened pulley from Boost Logic would be
>> they way to go IMHO. You get the improved response
>> without the idle being adversely affected.
>>
>>    Also, if you mess up with the puller getting the
>> pulley off, I have a $50 tap bought from a specialty
>> German tool company that will rethread the crank. =P
>>
>> -Casey
>> '96 TT
>>
>> "W.F. (Bill) Lawry" <cmci at fcc.net> wrote:
>> My drive pulley broke too (somewhere around the 200K
>> mark). The cause was
>> my A/C compressor freezing up. I guess that any
>> accessory or a combination
>> could put enough load on the belt to break the drive
>> pulley.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Bob"
>> To:
>> Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 10:30 PM
>> Subject: [mkiv] Drive Pulley woes
>>
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi, folks
>> >
>> > I thought my serpentine belt broke today on my '94
>> TT but it turns out
>> that
>> > the drive pulley fell apart. Apparently it's a two
>> piece thing with some
>> > rubber inbetween. Thankfully, it happened less
>> than a block from my home.
>> >
>> > My question is this...is there any way to repair
>> this or am I stuck
>> pulling
>> > and replacing the complete part? If so, do you
>> have any guesses what kind
>> of
>> > a price these things go for? My problem is that my
>> other car ('91 MR2)
>> just
>> > lost it's fuel pump so now I'm out of wheels for
>> the first time in my life
>> > (both first failures for either car and in the
>> same week!)
>> >
>> > Thanks so much,
>> >
>> > Bob
>> >
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>
> Marlon
> '84 Celica GT 5-spd
> '94 Supra TT A340E
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