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Hey dudes,
On ebay or pro comp catalogues u may have found one of these Gilmer belt drive kits. It seems easy in theory take old pulleys off, fit Gilmer pulleys yeah? Well it's not!! I searched high and low on the Internet for a how to but no luck bout the only thing people could tell me is they're crap. Anyway I have it fitted now and taken a few pics of bits you will need to source to make it work.
First loosen your belts and remove them if u dunno how to do this forget doing this project yourself.
you need to remove your radiator shroud and radiator (can be done without but less chance of damaging it this way).
Then remove your thermostatic clutch fan if you have one. Once you do this your waterpump pulley should slide off.
Next remove the 4 bolts on your crank pulley.
Now the alternator pulley... This ones tricky best way of doing this is removing the whole alternator and using a vice and rattlegun but if your a bogan u could jam it with a screwdriver and use a breaker bar.
Now fit the Gilmer pulleys - pretty much the same way you removed the old ones... When doing the main crank one make sure the a/c one goes first then your grooved Gilmer pulley then your other v belt p/s pulley. To fit these to your harmonic balancer you need 4 - 116mm bolts with spring washers you can get these from your local bolt shop take one of the old bolts in to make sure the thread is correct.
Now you have fitted these you would notice your p/s pump is way to far back to even think about fitting a belt. You need to unbolt the whole bracket and space it out by 50mm you could use a heap of washers I Spose but it wouldn't look very tidy. So I went to the bearing shop (CBC) and picked up 3 brass bushes 50mm in length. You will also need 3 - 75mm bolts with flat washers. Now it should all line up. Now the next dilemma... Your original p/s and a/c belts will not fit as the pro comp pulleys now fitted to your harmonic balancer are smaller in diameter so you will need to go find a shop that stocks Alot of v belts. luckily the bearing shop here does. The ac belt needs to be around 795mm long but no shorter. Your ps belt needs to be no shorter than 1080mm. Now tighten the belts but make sure your Gilmer belt is not too tight.
On ebay or pro comp catalogues u may have found one of these Gilmer belt drive kits. It seems easy in theory take old pulleys off, fit Gilmer pulleys yeah? Well it's not!! I searched high and low on the Internet for a how to but no luck bout the only thing people could tell me is they're crap. Anyway I have it fitted now and taken a few pics of bits you will need to source to make it work.
First loosen your belts and remove them if u dunno how to do this forget doing this project yourself.
you need to remove your radiator shroud and radiator (can be done without but less chance of damaging it this way).
Then remove your thermostatic clutch fan if you have one. Once you do this your waterpump pulley should slide off.
Next remove the 4 bolts on your crank pulley.
Now the alternator pulley... This ones tricky best way of doing this is removing the whole alternator and using a vice and rattlegun but if your a bogan u could jam it with a screwdriver and use a breaker bar.
Now fit the Gilmer pulleys - pretty much the same way you removed the old ones... When doing the main crank one make sure the a/c one goes first then your grooved Gilmer pulley then your other v belt p/s pulley. To fit these to your harmonic balancer you need 4 - 116mm bolts with spring washers you can get these from your local bolt shop take one of the old bolts in to make sure the thread is correct.
Now you have fitted these you would notice your p/s pump is way to far back to even think about fitting a belt. You need to unbolt the whole bracket and space it out by 50mm you could use a heap of washers I Spose but it wouldn't look very tidy. So I went to the bearing shop (CBC) and picked up 3 brass bushes 50mm in length. You will also need 3 - 75mm bolts with flat washers. Now it should all line up. Now the next dilemma... Your original p/s and a/c belts will not fit as the pro comp pulleys now fitted to your harmonic balancer are smaller in diameter so you will need to go find a shop that stocks Alot of v belts. luckily the bearing shop here does. The ac belt needs to be around 795mm long but no shorter. Your ps belt needs to be no shorter than 1080mm. Now tighten the belts but make sure your Gilmer belt is not too tight.