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under drive pully question

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oldno7

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Just did a under drive pulley swop and now my battery wont charge what do you think it is I have to drive it to work tomorrow.
 
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well usually going to charge less with the alternator now turning slower, but if it doesn't charge at all did you impact the pulley onto the alternator?
 

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It's either slipping somewhere or the pulley is causing the problem.. Most people don't use the alt pulley.
 

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Charge your battery and put your stock pulley's back on. The underdrive pulley's don't make sense for street driving, less alternator charging, less water pump circulation. All for what, 1 horsepower more power?
 

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Swap on an Overdrive alt pulley. That should take care of the charging issues.

As for cooling issues, if your cooling system is in great shape, you shouldn't notice a difference at all. If you do notice it runs hotter, than something in your system is in rough shape.

I put them on my car, with an OD alt pulley (1 7/8" dia) and it was a definite SOTP improvement with zero charging or cooling effects.
 

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4rdnut said:
Charge your battery and put your stock pulley's back on. The underdrive pulley's don't make sense for street driving, less alternator charging, less water pump circulation. All for what, 1 horsepower more power?
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Yes I used a impact on it charged the battery and made it home OK I will see in the am when I drive to work hope it was just too low.
 
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