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fazza
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I have fitted a c20let into my corsa, and using a wide belt setup and the alternator pulley is catching on the drivers chassis leg

has anyone else had this?

what was the solution? smack it with a hammer or?

I have fitted a gearbox spacer, if I remove this would the engine shift to the right and give me more space??
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If you remove spacer you wont have gears

cant you get a smaller alternator pully? Have you lined it up properly?

Ive never had this problem ever with standard stuff so i dunno all my lets have just fit in with room?
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i havent got spacers in my xe, vauxhalls manufacturing tollerences must be fairly big lol, i gave my chassis leg a little persuasion with a hammer tho for piece of mind
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14th Mar 12 at 23:01   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Oh yeah I forgot to put in my thread Fazza I'm not running a spacer either

I know it sounds stupid but you haven't put the spacer on the wrong side have you? I've never used one so I'm not sure if it's possible but just a thought!

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I'm not running a spacer aswell,my alternator is about 2mm off leg. Still unsure what to do as i don't want to use spacer with modded linkage. :/

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14th Mar 12 at 23:09   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I've got quite a bit of clearance on mine as it is

I know mounts make a difference, I really wouldn't want to be running too close to it just incase it decides to take the belt out.

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I know mate.

What you reckon i can do Daz? Make a spacer for custom mount? That's all i can think of.

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I guess you'd need a spacer of some sort unless it isn't as close as you think?

Only other thing that I saw someone do was removing a bit of the chassis leg. It wasn't on a corsa though it was in a van. I wouldn't advise that one though

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14th Mar 12 at 23:18   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I don't wanna be removing anything from leg. :/

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14th Mar 12 at 23:21   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Spacer it up dan

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14th Mar 12 at 23:31   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I'll see what Ash can do.

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on my others that Ive built Ive never had any issues with clearance before. The last XE I built was into a corsa van, and that didnt even need a gearbox spacer.

I will have a look tonight, undo the mounts and try to twist the engine a bit to the right. It mustnt be sat right I guess, Id rather not smack the chassis leg with a hammer though
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im guessing its because your using a wide belt alternator system, as on standard redtop they advise you to use the single v with double bottom pulley, so the same would go for the LET aswell. you can get away with just getting a double v bottom pulley (if your running hydraulic power steering) a belt and a 1.2 8v alternator fits as a replacement if you have one about.

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drivers side mount not bent or crap quality?
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If I removed the spacer, is the engine going to come more to drivers side or go towards gearbox side?
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I never had a spacer and went for the V belt set up. Simples.

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i have this same problem. running the spacers also. is there any alternator pully to match the single v bottem pully? or would using a spacer on the driver side mount also work?
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you can get a V pulley that goes on the alternator mate.

I have ordered one from ebay
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ahh lovely. its just every time i look i cant seem to find anything except bottem pullys. ill keep my eyes peeled
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I used a thinner multi v alternator pulley and a thinner belt to get more clearance.
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quote:
Originally posted by fazza
If I removed the spacer, is the engine going to come more to drivers side or go towards gearbox side?


drivers side id have thought

 
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