[mkiv] Drive Pulley woes

Sun Jul 31 07:54:22 CDT 2005

Marlon,

I have 96K on mine.

...bob
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marlon S" <jza80_gte at yahoo.com>
To: "The MKIV.com National Mailing List" <mkiv at mkiv.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 12:08 PM
Subject: Re: [mkiv] Drive Pulley woes

> 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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