joe7208
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Registered: 30th Jan 08
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i have recently fitted a c20xe into my corsa gsi. i have used full chris astley engine mounts, and during cornering the alternator is touching the side of the engine bay. have others had this problem, any ideas how i can stop it?? cheers
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Mark B
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Registered: 15th Mar 07
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are u usein the multi ribbed belt??
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mattievRS
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Registered: 20th May 06
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dont most people use a hammer on the driver side turret?
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B3KAN
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Registered: 15th Feb 07
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quote:
Originally posted by m17tty
dont most people use a hammer on the driver side turret?
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Rybo
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Registered: 6th Mar 08
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quote:
Originally posted by m17tty
dont most people use a hammer on the driver side turret?
its not the way to do it though realy bud lol
options to the best of my knowledge are as follows;
change alternator and bottom pulley for earlier style v-pulley (this is what i did)
or machine /trim down the ribbed pulley on the alternator to accomodate a 3 ribbed belt-bottom pulley will be okay jst have the belt on the inside of it
be a cowboy and use a sledge hammer
drop engine out and then cut and re weld inner chassis leg with a safe passage of clearence for pulley( but not really worth it is it lol)
in my honest opinion (there may be better ideas) the top one is the best, then the second one if your struggling to source bits or money is tight
again incase i get flamed for my ideas i want to say somebody on here will know better than me but thats my advice bud
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Richardhhha
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Registered: 29th Sep 07
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my gsi doesn't have this problem and it hasn't been hacked about or anything changed.. Mines running the twin v pullys and i got atleast i'd say 5cm between alternator and strut.. Don't really know what to advise. Sorry
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mattievRS
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quote:
Originally posted by m17tty
dont most people use a hammer on the driver side turret?
yee haa
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joe7208
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Ye im running the muti v belt at the min. going off the advice off rybo8655 think ill go with the option of changing the pullies for single vif i can source the parts cheers for advice.
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B3KAN
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It only seems to be people using chris astley mounts that seem to have this problem 
Ive got the mtec kit on mine and theres plenty room and its never rubbed 
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Kevxx
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Registered: 14th May 08
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quote:
Originally posted by B3KAN
It only seems to be people using chris astley mounts that seem to have this problem
Ive got the mtec kit on mine and theres plenty room and its never rubbed
i have that said problem, chris astley mounts, but like i said i'm rebuilding the whole thing..so lets find out.
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Rybo
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Registered: 6th Mar 08
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im using chris astley mounts...well pionted out there mate, but in all fairness it all fitted together very well and had no trouble with it
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joe7208
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there is a big differance with mine esin the multi v belt and chris astley mounts. iv prob got 5m max between alternator and the chassie leg. would it be the front engine mount or the rear mount throwing it off? plus if i am gonna replace bottom pullie do i want a twin single v?
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alan-g-w
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Registered: 9th Nov 07
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I've got the same problem and TBH it's a toss up between trimming the alternator or melting the inner wing with a big bit of bar.
Looked into changin them all to single-V pulleys and was gonna come out at about £100, sack that.
How hard is it/how long does it take to get the alternator out of an XE corsa roughly?
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joe7208
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its not that hard takin alternator out. just you will struggle accessin inner wing without droppin engine. i just won a single v pulley alternator on ebay for £1 made up lol. can i just swap the pulleys over on them or do i need swap whole alternator. as i know mine is in good working order.
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