aem power pulley's problem

[camdizawg]

i am installing aem power pulley set. i can not seem to get the power steering pulley to fit. its hitting the power steering line. anyone can help ?? i see quickangel93 has them, can u help?

the pulley seems to be too big, check the pics

i had no problems with the ac pulley

[camdizawg]

just got off the phone with aem, they say BEND the line. that sucks ! i dont want to break or crack the metal line while bending it

[cali-racer]

that sucks! try your best not to crack it.

[GhostAccord]

I had to do the same thing.

I took my car for a 30-40min drive to heat up the PS fluid and the lines gradually. Grabbed a welding glove and a long screwdriver/pry bar and slowly pushed the PS tube toward the valve cover. It doesn't have to go that far so there is no need to worry about it breaking. Just take your time

[camdizawg]

I had to do the same thing.

I took my car for a 30-40min drive to heat up the PS fluid and the lines gradually. Grabbed a welding glove and a long screwdriver/pry bar and slowly pushed the PS tube toward the valve cover. It doesn't have to go that far so there is no need to worry about it breaking. Just take your time

thanx alot, that was really informative

[Smokinspeeds]

cool, ac pulley means you have ac, I hope you aren't using an underdrive pulley unless you plan on replacing your motor once a year. Found out after I bought my UR underdrive/crank pulley that they RUIN bottom end's of motors, regardless of being built when using ac.

[camdizawg]

cool, ac pulley means you have ac, I hope you aren't using an underdrive pulley unless you plan on replacing your motor once a year. Found out after I bought my UR underdrive/crank pulley that they RUIN bottom end's of motors, regardless of being built when using ac.

ya i did ALOT of research before doing this mod. some underdrive crank pulleys have been known to crack oil pumps. after reading alot of threads i decided to go with aem their kits do not change harmonic balancer. yes ac = air con. it does rev out a little more now with the lighter pulley not too much difference

[NorcoAccord]

If the pulley is hitting the hard power steering line did you think about putting on a washer?

[camdizawg]

ya i did .... but wont that make the belt out off position a little. i mean isint it supposed to line up with the crank pulley perfectly?

[NorcoAccord]

I was reading somewere that a guy is selling aem pulley kit for a prelude and he said the only thing you need is the washer. So i might assume same may be needed here.

[Smokinspeeds]

ya i did ALOT of research before doing this mod. some underdrive crank pulleys have been known to crack oil pumps. after reading alot of threads i decided to go with aem their kits do not change harmonic balancer. yes ac = air con. it does rev out a little more now with the lighter pulley not too much difference

cool! I didn't know any aftermarket manus did this..

[deevergote]

cool, ac pulley means you have ac, I hope you aren't using an underdrive pulley unless you plan on replacing your motor once a year. Found out after I bought my UR underdrive/crank pulley that they RUIN bottom end's of motors, regardless of being built when using ac.

I've been running my UR crank pulley for almost 4 years now with no problems whatsoever. I've put about 30,000 miles on the engine since the install.

[camdizawg]

from what i read its WAY more common when boosting

[deevergote]

True. Turbo puts additional strain on EVERYTHING.

However, if you're boosting, the minimal horsepower gains pulleys give are useless anyway!

[Smokinspeeds]

I've been running my UR crank pulley for almost 4 years now with no problems whatsoever. I've put about 30,000 miles on the engine since the install.

using ac a lot? I know some people have very different results at times, but I've heard of accords less than 70k miles going out in a matter of months, other times around a year or so and the bottom end goes out.