fan belt alignment

have a brand new vintage bought used only 350 miles, ny way i cannot align the fan belt properly with the crank pulley. have never had one that sat to far back, i have only run into those that are to far fordward,and i could shim.does any body know of off set pulleys,i dont want to run it like this very long .thanks bill

Call Kirk at Vintage. He usually stands behind his product, even if you're the second owner...

You can have them to get you a upper pully spacer to go be behind the pulley to bring it out.

They offer kits for both the upper and the big pully that are normaly used for the sand seal set ups Not seeing what you have,, and how much it is off ,,is a hard call.

You may be able to losen the Gen/alt strap, and slide it all out some.

If the gen?alt is pushed to far in, you get a simular problem. Give it a good look before you call. specify upper or lower is out and by exzactly how much its out by useing a straight edge over the pulley faces to measure the gap on which ever it is.

William, I would ask if you've removed the pulley and checked for "unneeded" shims.... I've seen that once...

If that's not the problem, check the Alternator mounting position....keeping fan clearance in mind....

thanks for the reply leon, with a straight edge on the lower pulley the fan pulley is sitting back about 3/8 inch. always only seen this sitting to far fordward,and could always shim it backward. never this way, isthis too far out of alightment. or am i just to particular. bill

Way too far out....There is a major problem some where......

What are you running for a crankshaft pulley??

Some of those coming from Asia are not exactly set out from the case the proper amount - maybe yours is too far out (from the case).

William....To establish the exact problem,...I believe your Alt. pulley sticks out past the crank pulley when viewed from the rear...

Gordon is right about the Asian pulleys...Crank or Alt....

I would look at these first, and if you don't find the problem, contact the manufacturer as Gordon suggested earlier.....

Most manufacturers will work to correct a problem with their product, especialy a low milage unit....

Good Luck....

How I want to say " just a bigger hammer" .... :)

Crank shims are available from CB Performance. But I would agree its probably a poor quality crank pulley.

Bill,
You can always come over and look at mine for reference. I will be back on Friday and have the plastic car on the lift.
Count

I know for a fact that the Gene Berg crankshaft pulleys include a shim in their kit to tweak the gen/alt pulley position if needed. I didn't have to use mine as it all aligned fine.

Alan may be right. Good smack with a 3# hammer.

Well......maybe not (after all, it's not my car....)

Sometimes the crank pulley is not fully seated back on the crank even though the nut appears to bottom against the pulley, this can be caused by the key partially dislodging from the key-way as the crank pulley is set onto the crankshaft, best to remove the pulley to confirm key is in the keyway correctly then reinstall.
Set a small piece of wood across the pulley face and give it a good tap with a blunt-shot-brass hammer ~Alan

I beleive I'd rather just buy a differnt Pulley and not hit anything . In fact I'd rather see you take it off and and deburr it with a file and some emery cloth and keep trying it until it behaves.

PS Aluminum Loves WD-40 a shot of that wouldn't hurt eather