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Now the crank pulley?

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mustangfiveo198

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OK, I am back again, I got off the old stock crank pulley and installed the under drive pulley, finger tightened them and tried to put a socket over it but not enough damn room between the bolt and side of pulley for the socket to fit. What a pian in the a&%! Now I need some ideas to get this to work. I really don't want to go to pep boys right now................
any ideas would be great!
Thanks again and again.
 

Michael Yount

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I've since removed and sold my underdrives to solve the overheating and charging issues they caused on mine - but - mine came with special bolts that had very small heads which allowed you to get a socket on them. Kind of like the special header bolts. I've also seen them with Allen head bolts on them. I think it's gonna take a special bolt head, or a 'crow's foot' wrench - offset open-end wrench, it's kind of hard to describe.
 

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Michael Yount said:
I've since removed and sold my underdrives to solve the overheating and charging issues they caused on mine - but - mine came with special bolts that had very small heads which allowed you to get a socket on them. Kind of like the special header bolts. I've also seen them with Allen head bolts on them. I think it's gonna take a special bolt head, or a 'crow's foot' wrench - offset open-end wrench, it's kind of hard to describe.
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Mine also came with bolts for the crank pulley.

Andy
 

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mustangfiveo198 said:
OK, I am back again, I got off the old stock crank pulley and installed the under drive pulley, finger tightened them and tried to put a socket over it but not enough damn room between the bolt and side of pulley for the socket to fit. What a pian in the a&%! Now I need some ideas to get this to work. I really don't want to go to pep boys right now................
any ideas would be great!
Thanks again and again.
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Ummmmm, smaller socket, or wrench. Not much else you can do unless you want to take a trip to Pep Boys for a set of allen head bolts?
 

mustangfiveo198

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I figured I would have to go to the store and get some new ones. But I was looking at the stock bolys and they have a wierd looking top to them, are they special bolts (stronger?) then regular bolts?
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Black 93 Fox said:
Mine also came with bolts for the crank pulley.

Andy
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mine too.. they were in a bag with the pulleys
 

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Mine came with 4 allen head bolts but they seem to big to fit in the bolt hole. I will try again tomm. to see if they fit.
Thanks.
 

mustangfiveo198

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Well I got in touch with the maker and he said he will be mailing me the correct bolts soon...............I doubt I can wait, will be going to PEP boys here real soon today...............
Thanks alot
 

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You can just use some old header bolts...those work great.
 

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Be certain you use a quality fastener - the pulley takes quite a bit of force from the serpentine belt, and it's constantly moving. If you've ever seen a pulley come off, it can make quite a mess. I'd by Grade 8 allen head fasteners if I was in the same dilemma.
 
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