[mkiv] Drive Pulley woes

Sat Jul 30 14:40:56 CDT 2005

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Aaron 
'93 T78

-----Original Message-----
From: mkiv-bounces at mkiv.com [mailto:mkiv-bounces at mkiv.com] On Behalf Of Jim
Tanner
Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 2:32 PM
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Subject: Re: [mkiv] Drive Pulley woes

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Jim
On Jul 30, 2005, at 3:08 PM, Marlon S wrote:

> Guys/Gals,
>
> For those of you who had the pulley broke. How many
> miles did you have on your car? I have 101K miles and
> I'm starting to hear that momentary squeal during
> morning startups.
>
> Marlon
> '94TT A340E
>
> --- Bob <graphique at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>
>> 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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