[Vwdiesel] pulley alignment

[peter blake]

Tom,
Short answer is, I don't know.  My parts guy swears there is only one length
on the water pumps, but he could be wrong. I'll try and do a google search
and see what I get.
Peter
--- On Thu, 11/24/11, Tom Krummell <tomcat5 at tomsvw.com> wrote:

From: Tom Krummell <tomcat5 at tomsvw.com>
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] pulley alignment
To: "peter blake" <pila47 at yahoo.com>
Cc: "diesel" <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Date: Thursday, November 24, 2011, 4:52 PM

At one time I replaced the tensioner pulley and got one with an 028 number instead of 038.  It rode considerably closer to the engine block than the 038 and had to be removed because it was out of alignment.  Might you have gotten an 028 water pump instead of 038?  I don't have one for comparison, but the situation with the tensioner pulley immediately came to mind.


Tom Krummell
Roseville, CA
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On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 4:45 PM, peter blake <pila47 at yahoo.com> wrote:

  Happy turkey day everybody!

 I'm in the process of changing my timing belt and water pump.

It appears that the crank pulley is behind the water pump pulley

by about 3/16 of an inch.  This is not the first time I've

encountered pulley misalignment on these vws. In fact, the last

three engines I've worked on all had some kind of out of plane

misalignment. Is this chronic w vws?  Do I just need to space

the crank pulley out  a bit? Or find another pulley? Or maybe

there is a short nose version of the water pump. Or perhaps a

water pump pulley that is in align w the crank pulley.

Have u all encountered this and what have u done to remedy the

situation?

Peter

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