Bolts for the Vortech V1 bracket
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twr
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Which bolts are missing??? Bracket to motor or bracket to supercharger?? Large or small?? Long or short?
Chris Benvie
Every so often
talk to Vadim at SHOshop
But you would have better luck contacting vortech directly.
But you would have better luck contacting vortech directly.
yeah, shoshop hasn't answered their phone all week :cry:
I am missing 2 or 3 bolts for the s/c to the bracket (not sure of the lengths...
and one for the bracket to the car... assuming there are a total of 3. Is there supposed to be a bolt directly underneath the one the goes to the alternator?
Maybe I could post a pic...
I am missing 2 or 3 bolts for the s/c to the bracket (not sure of the lengths...
and one for the bracket to the car... assuming there are a total of 3. Is there supposed to be a bolt directly underneath the one the goes to the alternator?
Maybe I could post a pic...
Its hard to get a clear pic.
Also, I am missing one of the smaller bolts (at 11:00 from the BLUE fitting in Pats pic.) that hold a plate?.
What about the 3rd bolt hole down (where there's NO spacer)... is a bolt supposed to go there?
twr
whoohoo
anyway you can post a few more pictures?? I'm having a hard time seeing what's going on. Get one not so close to the s/c.
twr
whoohoo
Okay - much better. You are missing the idler pulley, see this picture of Pat's car I took tonight.
It also appears that you are missing atleast 2 other bolts.
It also appears that you are missing atleast 2 other bolts.
twr
whoohoo
There's supposed to be an additional idler pulley, really all it does is give extra belt wrap to the blower and alternator to reduce slipage. The pulley looks like this one. The stock pulleys stay in their respective places.
twr said:There's supposed to be an additional idler pulley, really all it does is give extra belt wrap to the blower and alternator to reduce slipage. The pulley looks like this one. The stock pulleys stay in their respective places.
Without that extra pulley, your getting much less belt to wrap around the pulley and probably getting a fair amount of slippage.
Lupo
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DavidT said:
Yes.
I also found that if you let a belt slip too much for too long, you can ruin it's gripping ability, kind of like glazing a clutch disk. The solution is to not let it slip in the first place.
TexanTony told me he had shoshop send him one a while back (for the v1) and it was a tad too big (wrong size)... do you know if this is definitely the one... or could there be another one... perhaps for an older/newer version of the v1 model.
Thanks for the info!!!!!!!!!!!1
Thanks for the info!!!!!!!!!!!1
DavidT said:TexanTony told me he had shoshop send him one a while back (for the v1) and it was a tad too big (wrong size)... do you know if this is definitely the one... or could there be another one... perhaps for an older/newer version of the v1 model.
Thanks for the info!!!!!!!!!!!1
There are two smooth (non-cogged) pulleys offered by Vortech, one is larger than the other. The larger one is around 3.5 inches in diameter while the smaller is around 3-inches in diameter and has no side channels. The one I posted in the link is the smaller of the pulleys.
Perhaps Terry (TWR) can post on this subject. He has been looking at this same issue.
My pulley bit the dust on Thursday night and I'm in the process of replacing it. I found locally (Napa) a pulley that I think might work, but it is only a pulley, and does not include the bolt or spacer that is included with the vortech pulley.
The picture of the failed pulley shows where the pulley separated from the bearing.
[IMG]http://panamapat.no-ip.info/SHO/idler.jpg
Chris Benvie
Every so often
Ouch pat, that looks like it might have hurt just a weeee bit.
twr
whoohoo
Vortech sells two pulleys for this application. Do not buy this one
You want this one
which can be found here http://www.vortechsuperchargers.com...=PROD&Store_Code=VEOS&Product_Code=4FA016-170
I made the mistake of buying the larger one, it doesn't work. Thankfully I was able to source an off the shelf pulley that worked with the hardware that came with the larger one. You will need to buy a longer bolt (M12/1.75x80mm, IIRC) and a couple of washers of varying thickness so you can line the pulley up w/ the belt.
Hope that helps..
I made the mistake of buying the larger one, it doesn't work. Thankfully I was able to source an off the shelf pulley that worked with the hardware that came with the larger one. You will need to buy a longer bolt (M12/1.75x80mm, IIRC) and a couple of washers of varying thickness so you can line the pulley up w/ the belt.
Hope that helps..
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