i decided to post this up, since upr has f'd up my order two of two times. to top it off the products are GARBAGE as well.
i purchased a upr smog dummy pulley and ac dummy pulley for my supercharged setup about 45 days apart. they were both purchased NEW. the smog dummy pulley had a total of 513 miles on it when my attempt to bypass a/c dummy pulley ended. thus, i ordered the second delete kit from them.
upon installing the a/c bracket and dummy pulley, the belt did not line up on the tensioner or a/c pulley as it came off the smog pulley. i figured this was just the bracket needing adjustment. so i purchased a new idler for my tensioner that was wider and the belt stayed on it, and then i shimmed the bracket backwards so it was inline. everything seemed good so i started the car.
instantly i'm getting a loud squeaking noise, loud enough to hear with my vortech. long story short, the bearing in the smog pulley was so worn out, it was wobbling and thus throwing the belt alignment off 2 ribs of movement. so i go out and track down a new bearing, replace it for the smog pos, and there is still over 1/8" of wobble to the pulley.
there is play between the bushing/bolt they use and the bearing. i mic'd out the bearings, there all the same. so this is a failure in their tolerances, stuff happens.. i make it work with as little wobble as i can possibly get. put it all back together, take shims out of the a/c bracket, start the car.. squeak squeak STILL.
this time, it's coming from the NEW a/c dummy pulley. i spray some pb blaster on it, noise stops for 30 seconds. then it starts again. so off to the store again, another $15 bearing to replace their garbage. there is still unacceptable slop in BOTH of these, but they don't squeak atleast.
not only did they squeak, but the wobbling is eating my belt. i snapped a new belt about 150 miles after the smog pulley went on. it wore my second belt down a noticeable amount on 3 sections of the ribs. so soon, i will need a THIRD belt.
i emailed upr and explained my tolerance issues, it has been 2 weeks now without a response. they replied to me within 24 hours when i needed to buy this stuff. so thanks upr
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i purchased a upr smog dummy pulley and ac dummy pulley for my supercharged setup about 45 days apart. they were both purchased NEW. the smog dummy pulley had a total of 513 miles on it when my attempt to bypass a/c dummy pulley ended. thus, i ordered the second delete kit from them.
upon installing the a/c bracket and dummy pulley, the belt did not line up on the tensioner or a/c pulley as it came off the smog pulley. i figured this was just the bracket needing adjustment. so i purchased a new idler for my tensioner that was wider and the belt stayed on it, and then i shimmed the bracket backwards so it was inline. everything seemed good so i started the car.
instantly i'm getting a loud squeaking noise, loud enough to hear with my vortech. long story short, the bearing in the smog pulley was so worn out, it was wobbling and thus throwing the belt alignment off 2 ribs of movement. so i go out and track down a new bearing, replace it for the smog pos, and there is still over 1/8" of wobble to the pulley.
there is play between the bushing/bolt they use and the bearing. i mic'd out the bearings, there all the same. so this is a failure in their tolerances, stuff happens.. i make it work with as little wobble as i can possibly get. put it all back together, take shims out of the a/c bracket, start the car.. squeak squeak STILL.
this time, it's coming from the NEW a/c dummy pulley. i spray some pb blaster on it, noise stops for 30 seconds. then it starts again. so off to the store again, another $15 bearing to replace their garbage. there is still unacceptable slop in BOTH of these, but they don't squeak atleast.
not only did they squeak, but the wobbling is eating my belt. i snapped a new belt about 150 miles after the smog pulley went on. it wore my second belt down a noticeable amount on 3 sections of the ribs. so soon, i will need a THIRD belt.
i emailed upr and explained my tolerance issues, it has been 2 weeks now without a response. they replied to me within 24 hours when i needed to buy this stuff. so thanks upr
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