Thread: Pully's don't line up.

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Hey guys: I had bought a fliud damper for my 1971 - 351 cleveland.
Well it's been on the motor for some time but I had not put the pully's on because the car is not ready yet. Anyway started putting the pully's on it the other day and found that the crank shaft pully is not linning up with the water pump pully. I know the water pump pully is right because I still have the original water pump and they are the same. The fliud damper is out about a 1/4 of an inch ferther than the water pump. Yes the the fliud damper is pulled down tight. If I space the water pump then everything else will need spaced too. What would be the right thing to do with this now?
Thanks Kurt

You might want to pull it off and measure it,your damper length should be 3.400" if it is 3.875 you have a damper that is supposed to be a 351W or 302 H.O. with the Ford Racing .917 crank sprocket.That damper can be used on a 351C with the above sprocket but requires having .070" machined off.This was noted on the instruction sheet that came with my balancer.If you still have the old stock balancer,compare the length.

Thanks Jeff; I'm gonna go and do some checking.
I only got three things in box with the fliud damper.
A sticker, a warning note not to bang on it, and another sticker that has the No#
for the track inspector. There was not anything about a crank sprocket on any machining
being needed. Thanks again Kurt

If it was the other way where your crank was in too far I was going to recommend that same spacer I am using from Zoops, but yours is just the opposite problem of mine. What water pump are you using? Those can vary too. I have actually had to pull the top flange a little further out with a press at times to get things to line up........had to do that on the 350 in my T.

Cars are so much fun sometimes.

Don

Hey Itoldyouso; Sorry I took so long but I had to pull the cover off and the water pump pully. This is everything I found on it. D7TE and below that it's got 72, then on the other side it had a 905. Its a good water pump life time warrenty with the good bearings.
Kurt

Well Don; Looks like Jeff was right about shaving the back of the pully down .070.
He sent me a message sending me too a site and there it is in black and white.
So I'm gonna take it to my buddies machine shop and have him shave it down for me.
I was gonna do it today but got a call from another friend Bob this morning who told me his 36 year old daughter died. He's torn up about it so I talked to him for awhile today.
It really makes you think about what life might have around the corner for us down the road. It's a sad thing. Kurt

So sorry to hear of your friends Daughter dying. So young too. You are right, life isn't always fair.

I'm still wrestling with my bottom pulley alignment issues too. Got the spacer from Zoops and it isn't quite right, it has a lip that won't fit into the damper. Spoke to the owner of Zoops last night on the phone, nice man, says I need a different damper. I just paid $ 250 for the one I have so I am going to make it work and modify the spacer to fit. Cars are SO much fun.

Don

By any chance----are these dampners by ATI????

Mine is by fluid damper { Horschel Motorsports }.
I didn't see anything about ATI.