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I first became aware of a possible motor alignment issue last winter when Mountainhorse and I put the final touches on my turbo install. I had bought a new SLP clutch alignment tool used to check the alignment between primary and secondary clutches. Our first check showed a gap at the rear of the secondary that was way beyond spec. We really scratched our heads on this as the mounts are engineered and not what you would consider adjustable. After running this issue by a few knowledgable folks we were told no to trust the SLP tool and to use the polaris SPX tool instead. We borrowed one and it showed the same misalignment but not as bad, just at the upper end of the spec as I recall.
Since that time I have posted a couple times that the SLP tool can't be trusted. i'm not so sure this is true now. I pulled my inner cooler today to do some work on it and just by eyeballing the distance from the throttle bodies to the jack shaft, it looked off, like the motor was rotated counter clockwise as it sits. I still had the SLP tool and did some CSI.
What do you think of my methods, diagnosis, and how should I correct the problem. BTW, I have destroyed a belt already with a fresh Indy Dan balanced clutch and under 500 miles at around 8 psi on that belt. It was washed, dried, broken in, and clearnce maintained at .020.
Pulled the inner cooler, installed some plugs and things just didn't look right
Layed out the SLP tool and a strait edge to measure the gap between them at the bootom to see if they were true and consistent.
Measured at the top nearest the clutch
Measured at the bottom and both were the same. Both the tool and the strait edge would have to be indentically bent for this to be true right????
This is looking down the tool as it is set in place against the secondary
The gap at the rear of the tool at the secondary was a loose 7/64" or roughly 1/8". This is way too much even allowing for some torque flex right???
If you agree that I have done this correctly, what is the best fix? All suggestions are appreciated. EW
Since that time I have posted a couple times that the SLP tool can't be trusted. i'm not so sure this is true now. I pulled my inner cooler today to do some work on it and just by eyeballing the distance from the throttle bodies to the jack shaft, it looked off, like the motor was rotated counter clockwise as it sits. I still had the SLP tool and did some CSI.
What do you think of my methods, diagnosis, and how should I correct the problem. BTW, I have destroyed a belt already with a fresh Indy Dan balanced clutch and under 500 miles at around 8 psi on that belt. It was washed, dried, broken in, and clearnce maintained at .020.
Pulled the inner cooler, installed some plugs and things just didn't look right
Layed out the SLP tool and a strait edge to measure the gap between them at the bootom to see if they were true and consistent.
Measured at the top nearest the clutch
Measured at the bottom and both were the same. Both the tool and the strait edge would have to be indentically bent for this to be true right????
This is looking down the tool as it is set in place against the secondary
The gap at the rear of the tool at the secondary was a loose 7/64" or roughly 1/8". This is way too much even allowing for some torque flex right???
If you agree that I have done this correctly, what is the best fix? All suggestions are appreciated. EW