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herbie hind · Jul 31st, 2006, 01:07 AM

who's running one of the light weight crank pulleys ? since the stock harmonic balance seems to be crap i was looking (against gut feelings ) at one of these pulleys. what's the word on vibration? bad? nil? any?

GARY GP · Jul 31st, 2006, 08:11 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by herbie hind

who's running one of the light weight crank pulleys ? since the stock harmonic balance seems to be crap i was looking (against gut feelings ) at one of these pulleys. what's the word on vibration? bad? nil? any?

IVE HAD TWO LIGHT WEIGHT CRANK PULLEYS ON MY CAR BOTH HAVE COME LOOSE, DONT DO IT !

herbie hind · Jul 31st, 2006, 10:35 PM

thx thought that might be the case . are you running an 05? harmonic now ?

GARY GP · Jul 31st, 2006, 10:42 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by herbie hind

thx thought that might be the case . are you running an 05? harmonic now ?

04 it had a lot of work done i spent £5000 on just tuning work 260bhp getting a gp now in september, not going to touch this one, thanks. gary.

THE ITCH · Aug 1st, 2006, 05:47 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by gary bartle

04 it had a lot of work done i spent £5000 on just tuning work 260bhp getting a gp now in september, not going to touch this one, thanks. gary.

Gary can you give us some more info on this problem. What brand of pulley did you use? Who did the work. Thanks Steve

GARY GP · Aug 1st, 2006, 07:54 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by THE ITCH

Gary can you give us some more info on this problem. What brand of pulley did you use? Who did the work. Thanks Steve

HI STEVE, the first pulley was fitted by minispeed it was in with the engine tune , it was a Alta pulley. i was driving the car when the supercharger belt broke . it snapped the belt tensioner. and crank pulley was smashed to bits £350 worth of parts. not happy. so i fitted a new Alta pulley come loose twice . so i fitted a new gtt pulley . the gtt pulley is the best piece of engineering i have seen. i fitted it 3000 miles later . it had come loose it must have been slipping for a few miles . it had taken a few thou off the end of the shaft. i tried to fit the std pulley it would not tighten the end of the shaft was now to small for the pulley. in desperation i applied liquid metal, it worked thank god i will never do that again ! thanks Steve and good luck .

Damo · Aug 1st, 2006, 10:01 PM

Gary, by Pulley do you mean the Supercharger one, or Crank one?

duncanbanana · Aug 1st, 2006, 10:07 PM

i have the Alta 3% larger lightened crank pulley , re enineered by Lohen to fit properly . i have a red indicator line on it which i check regular to see if it has loosened , 5000 miles on it so far and everything ok

herbie hind · Aug 1st, 2006, 10:20 PM

but ...do you get vibration?

GARY GP · Aug 1st, 2006, 11:59 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by herbie hind

but ...do you get vibration?

CRANK PULLEY ITS MADE MY LIFE MISERABLE .I DID NOT WANT TO SELL MY COOPER S BUT I KNOW IF IT CAME LOOSE I WILL HAVE NO

WARRANTY, THANKS

duncanbanana · Aug 2nd, 2006, 12:26 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by herbie hind

but ...do you get vibration?

Id say no but i do run with my coilovers quite hard and have uprated front and back anti roll bars so i do get alot of vibration anyway so hard to tell

duncanbanana · Aug 2nd, 2006, 12:28 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by gary bartle

CRANK PULLEY ITS MADE MY LIFE MISERABLE .I DID NOT WANT TO SELL MY COOPER S BUT I KNOW IF IT CAME LOOSE I WILL HAVE NO

WARRANTY, THANKS

you will have no warranty even if it didnt come loose and something else went wrong with your engine as i found out when my camshaft snapped and i only had a 15% reduction pulley fitted

herbie hind · Aug 2nd, 2006, 01:41 AM

did it snap right at the gear?

Jaffa Racer · Aug 2nd, 2006, 01:29 PM

GTT crank pully here, fitted by the man Roland. No vibration and not come loose.

Mecanically speaking if fitted correctly & balanced correctly why would it come loose?

duncanbanana · Aug 2nd, 2006, 05:42 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by herbie hind

did it snap right at the gear?

#
no it snapped between 3rd and 4th piston

herbie hind · Aug 4th, 2006, 12:29 AM

bad forge ? fitted torqued ,just figure without some kind of damper the engine's gonna present some vibes. but all these loosenings and such were totally unexpected.

duncanbanana · Aug 4th, 2006, 12:58 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by herbie hind

bad forge ? fitted torqued ,just figure without some kind of damper the engine's gonna present some vibes. but all these loosenings and such were totally unexpected.

dont know what the cause was
BMW wouldnt cover it on warranty cos of me having a 15% reduction pulley fitted , that voided the warranty on the whole engine and they wanted £5500 to replace the engine

herbie hind · Aug 4th, 2006, 09:56 PM

see in mass. it's covered . the only thing they wouldn't cover is the s/c as it has been directly modified by the 15% pulley (which hasn't arrived yet due to webb taking my order but failing to mention they were going on vacation)!!!!!

MiniFr34k · Aug 9th, 2006, 07:50 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by gary bartle (original)

HI STEVE, the first pulley was fitted by minispeed it was in with the engine tune , it was a Alta pulley. i was driving the car when the supercharger belt broke . it snapped the belt tensioner. and crank pulley was smashed to bits £350 worth of parts. not happy. so i fitted a new Alta pulley come loose twice . so i fitted a new gtt pulley . the gtt pulley is the best piece of engineering i have seen. i fitted it 3000 miles later . it had come loose it must have been slipping for a few miles . it had taken a few thou off the end of the shaft. i tried to fit the std pulley it would not tighten the end of the shaft was now to small for the pulley. in desperation i applied liquid metal, it worked thank god i will never do that again ! thanks Steve and good luck .

any more detaisl?
what size crank
what size pulley
any other mods
what type of driving?
any track?

petebarchetta · Aug 17th, 2006, 12:21 PM

after a standard crank pulley for cooper s supercharger
anyone got a standard one kicking around? pay reasonable price for it
email me at:
Petebarchetta@yahoo.co.uk

Jul 31st, 2006, 01:07 AM	#1
herbie hind MINI2 Senior Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: providence subburbs Local Time: 05:45 PM Posts: 449 Offline	lightweight pulley? who's running one of the light weight crank pulleys ? since the stock harmonic balance seems to be crap i was looking (against gut feelings ) at one of these pulleys. what's the word on vibration? bad? nil? any?

Jul 31st, 2006, 08:11 AM	#2 (permalink)
GARY GP GP-1528 My Classifieds Join Date: Jun 2005 Local Time: 09:45 PM Posts: 800 Offline	Dont Do It ! Quote: Originally Posted by herbie hind who's running one of the light weight crank pulleys ? since the stock harmonic balance seems to be crap i was looking (against gut feelings ) at one of these pulleys. what's the word on vibration? bad? nil? any? IVE HAD TWO LIGHT WEIGHT CRANK PULLEYS ON MY CAR BOTH HAVE COME LOOSE, DONT DO IT !

Aug 1st, 2006, 07:54 PM	#6 (permalink)
GARY GP GP-1528 My Classifieds Join Date: Jun 2005 Local Time: 09:45 PM Posts: 800 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by THE ITCH Gary can you give us some more info on this problem. What brand of pulley did you use? Who did the work. Thanks Steve HI STEVE, the first pulley was fitted by minispeed it was in with the engine tune , it was a Alta pulley. i was driving the car when the supercharger belt broke . it snapped the belt tensioner. and crank pulley was smashed to bits £350 worth of parts. not happy. so i fitted a new Alta pulley come loose twice . so i fitted a new gtt pulley . the gtt pulley is the best piece of engineering i have seen. i fitted it 3000 miles later . it had come loose it must have been slipping for a few miles . it had taken a few thou off the end of the shaft. i tried to fit the std pulley it would not tighten the end of the shaft was now to small for the pulley. in desperation i applied liquid metal, it worked thank god i will never do that again ! thanks Steve and good luck . Last edited by GARY GP : Aug 2nd, 2006 at 12:01 AM.

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petebarchetta MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Sep 2004 Local Time: 09:45 PM Posts: 1 Offline	standard crank pulley for cooper s supercharger?? after a standard crank pulley for cooper s supercharger anyone got a standard one kicking around? pay reasonable price for it email me at: Petebarchetta@yahoo.co.uk

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Jul 31st, 2006, 10:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
herbie hind MINI2 Senior Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: providence subburbs Local Time: 05:45 PM Posts: 449 Offline	thx thought that might be the case . are you running an 05? harmonic now ?

Jul 31st, 2006, 10:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
GARY GP GP-1528 My Classifieds Join Date: Jun 2005 Local Time: 09:45 PM Posts: 800 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by herbie hind thx thought that might be the case . are you running an 05? harmonic now ? 04 it had a lot of work done i spent £5000 on just tuning work 260bhp getting a gp now in september, not going to touch this one, thanks. gary.

Aug 1st, 2006, 05:47 PM	#5 (permalink)
THE ITCH MINI2 Regular Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Pulaski, NY Local Time: 05:45 PM Posts: 125 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by gary bartle 04 it had a lot of work done i spent £5000 on just tuning work 260bhp getting a gp now in september, not going to touch this one, thanks. gary. Gary can you give us some more info on this problem. What brand of pulley did you use? Who did the work. Thanks Steve

Aug 1st, 2006, 10:01 PM	#7 (permalink)
Damo MINI2fosi My Classifieds Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: MINItorque.com Local Time: 09:45 PM Posts: 10,526 Offline	Gary, by Pulley do you mean the Supercharger one, or Crank one?

Aug 1st, 2006, 10:07 PM	#8 (permalink)
duncanbanana Yeah...I know !!! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North West Local Time: 10:45 PM Posts: 1,202 Offline	i have the Alta 3% larger lightened crank pulley , re enineered by Lohen to fit properly . i have a red indicator line on it which i check regular to see if it has loosened , 5000 miles on it so far and everything ok

Aug 1st, 2006, 10:20 PM	#9 (permalink)
herbie hind MINI2 Senior Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: providence subburbs Local Time: 05:45 PM Posts: 449 Offline	but ...do you get vibration?

Aug 1st, 2006, 11:59 PM	#10 (permalink)
GARY GP GP-1528 My Classifieds Join Date: Jun 2005 Local Time: 09:45 PM Posts: 800 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by herbie hind but ...do you get vibration? CRANK PULLEY ITS MADE MY LIFE MISERABLE .I DID NOT WANT TO SELL MY COOPER S BUT I KNOW IF IT CAME LOOSE I WILL HAVE NO WARRANTY, THANKS

Aug 2nd, 2006, 12:26 AM	#11 (permalink)
duncanbanana Yeah...I know !!! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North West Local Time: 10:45 PM Posts: 1,202 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by herbie hind but ...do you get vibration? Id say no but i do run with my coilovers quite hard and have uprated front and back anti roll bars so i do get alot of vibration anyway so hard to tell

Aug 2nd, 2006, 12:28 AM	#12 (permalink)
duncanbanana Yeah...I know !!! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North West Local Time: 10:45 PM Posts: 1,202 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by gary bartle CRANK PULLEY ITS MADE MY LIFE MISERABLE .I DID NOT WANT TO SELL MY COOPER S BUT I KNOW IF IT CAME LOOSE I WILL HAVE NO WARRANTY, THANKS you will have no warranty even if it didnt come loose and something else went wrong with your engine as i found out when my camshaft snapped and i only had a 15% reduction pulley fitted

Aug 2nd, 2006, 01:41 AM	#13 (permalink)
herbie hind MINI2 Senior Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: providence subburbs Local Time: 05:45 PM Posts: 449 Offline	did it snap right at the gear?

Aug 2nd, 2006, 01:29 PM	#14 (permalink)
Jaffa Racer MINI2 Master Join Date: Nov 2003 Local Time: 09:45 PM Posts: 1,250 Offline	GTT crank pully here, fitted by the man Roland. No vibration and not come loose. Mecanically speaking if fitted correctly & balanced correctly why would it come loose?

Aug 2nd, 2006, 05:42 PM	#15 (permalink)
duncanbanana Yeah...I know !!! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North West Local Time: 10:45 PM Posts: 1,202 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by herbie hind did it snap right at the gear? # no it snapped between 3rd and 4th piston

Aug 4th, 2006, 12:29 AM	#16 (permalink)
herbie hind MINI2 Senior Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: providence subburbs Local Time: 05:45 PM Posts: 449 Offline	bad forge ? fitted torqued ,just figure without some kind of damper the engine's gonna present some vibes. but all these loosenings and such were totally unexpected.

Aug 4th, 2006, 12:58 PM	#17 (permalink)
duncanbanana Yeah...I know !!! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North West Local Time: 10:45 PM Posts: 1,202 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by herbie hind bad forge ? fitted torqued ,just figure without some kind of damper the engine's gonna present some vibes. but all these loosenings and such were totally unexpected. dont know what the cause was BMW wouldnt cover it on warranty cos of me having a 15% reduction pulley fitted , that voided the warranty on the whole engine and they wanted £5500 to replace the engine

Aug 4th, 2006, 09:56 PM	#18 (permalink)
herbie hind MINI2 Senior Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: providence subburbs Local Time: 05:45 PM Posts: 449 Offline	see in mass. it's covered . the only thing they wouldn't cover is the s/c as it has been directly modified by the 15% pulley (which hasn't arrived yet due to webb taking my order but failing to mention they were going on vacation)!!!!!

Aug 9th, 2006, 07:50 AM	#19 (permalink)
MiniFr34k fr34king n00b! My Classifieds Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sydney Local Time: 07:45 AM Posts: 2,173 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by gary bartle (original) HI STEVE, the first pulley was fitted by minispeed it was in with the engine tune , it was a Alta pulley. i was driving the car when the supercharger belt broke . it snapped the belt tensioner. and crank pulley was smashed to bits £350 worth of parts. not happy. so i fitted a new Alta pulley come loose twice . so i fitted a new gtt pulley . the gtt pulley is the best piece of engineering i have seen. i fitted it 3000 miles later . it had come loose it must have been slipping for a few miles . it had taken a few thou off the end of the shaft. i tried to fit the std pulley it would not tighten the end of the shaft was now to small for the pulley. in desperation i applied liquid metal, it worked thank god i will never do that again ! thanks Steve and good luck . any more detaisl? what size crank what size pulley any other mods what type of driving? any track?

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